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"The Top Ten Best Paranormal Experts in the world today"
Today's Ghost Hunters And Their Extreme Paranormal Challenges
BY Gary Morgan
There is in this world many haunted locations that seem to defy explanation. And of these locations we as individuals are barred access to even investigate them or their hauntings. The answers to why and who haunts them are always subject to great debates. From the many hidden secrets of the La laurie mansion in old New Orleans, to the posted no trespassing laws of why we can't investigate the real ghosts of Zombie Road or the White House. To us the Ghost Hunters of America there are many real haunted locations that are just not accessible for us to venture into.
Abandoned homes, buildings and cemeteries often have signs that state "No Trespassing". And of course we should respect that by all costs. I have even come across cemeteries in many states that when asked will tell you no ghost hunting allowed. This is because so many amateurs today abuse the actual rules and cause it so many of us are denied access after their supposed investigations and vandalism's. I am in no way pointing fingers but from mishandled paranormal research and un professional conduct many of the most haunted locations in the world or off limits to us in the field today.
Many of us are turned on to the paranormal by hearing about EVP's, ghosts hauntings seen and documented evidence such as video and real ghost photos. Also the challenges of communicating face to face with a real ghost demon or entity from another world is just what we seek.
When out on your personal ghost adventures do you ever think this could be the proof the world is waiting for?
And how do you actually break this news to the world of the non believers?
Do you personally think your evidence or documentation is all that is needed to prove this?
Well first of all remember if you collect evidence then someone has to come behind you such as another creditable team of paranormal investigators and they have to state that it is verified by them. Then another team does the same then another. But that of course does not make the skeptics believe in the real aspects that a location is haunted. Then they'll review and analyze their findings with some the most respected experts and specialists in the paranormal field. But remember as a illegitimate pseudo science we are not recognized and in our field no experts actually exist. Just because someone has a book or is seen weekly on television does not mean they are expert ghost hunters by any means.
If I had to make a list of those in the field today of who I would consider an expert in the field of paranormal investigation I certainly would not put a couple of plumbers on the list as my first choice. But in from what I have seen over the years they seem to know more than many of the internet radio hosts and several paranormal investigators I have met at conferences do.
Toping my list were many paranormal investigative greats like the late Hans Holzer, Ed Warren and of course the great Houdini. Many have brought to light the unbelievable wealth of great information about paranormal investigations to each of us.
I believe in this list below that these are the real most extreme ghost hunters who explore our real paranormal other world encounters today. Through their tireless research and encouters they have faced not only the cold dead of night but the most extreme conditions, frights and insights to the paranomal world around us. A place where so few dare to tread.
"The Top Ten Best Paranormal Experts in the world today":
1. Brad Steiger is the author/coauthor of 166 books with over 17 million copies in print. Steiger was born on 19 February 1936 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to a mother and father who were farmers. He claims to have lived "in a haunted house with thumps, bumps, doors opening and closing, and men and women walking around all night in period costume.
Steiger claims to have written his first book when he was seven years old, and has published 162 books with over 17 million copies in print, including the biography of Rudolf Valentino, later made into a feature film by British director Ken Russell. From 1970-1973 Steiger wrote a weekly newspaper column, The Strange World Of Brad Steiger. He has authored over 2000 newspaper columns.
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Personal life and beliefs
Steiger is married to Sherry Hansen Steiger, a former model. He is a former high school teacher, and college instructor. He began writing when he was a school teacher in his native Iowa when he had writings published in Fate Magazine and other publications. Throughout the 1960s Steiger co-wrote 22 books with other writers. Steiger claims to be politically independent, and cynical of politics. He lists his political heroes, however, as Jonathan Swift, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. When asked about individuals he admired, Steiger listed Ralph Waldo Emerson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, William James, Fredric W.H. Myers, Rudolf Steiner, Sir William Crookes, and Mario Lanza as those he would have liked to have met.
In an online interview with Dan Schneider, Steiger claimed to be an 'Emersonian transcendentalist,' and summed up his philosophy this way:
I believe humankind is part of a larger community of intelligence's, a complex hierarchy of powers and principalities, a potentially rich kingdom of interrelated species, both physical and nonphysical. I believe that humankind’s one truly essential factor is its spirituality. The artificial concepts to which we have given the designation of sciences are no truer than dreams, visions, and inspirations. The quest for absolute proof or objective truth may always be meaningless and unattainable when it seeks to define and limit our Soul, which I believe is eternal, evolving higher, seeking to return to the Source from whence it came. I believe that technology plays a far smaller role in the lives of nations than the spirit, for the essence of humankind is its intellect and its Soul. Machines, associations, political parties, and trade balances are but transitory realities that must ultimately wither, decay, and come to nothing. The only lasting truths are Soul, imagination, and inspiration.
Steiger and his wife are also animal lovers and believers in animal rights. Steiger claims, "We are appalled by any mistreatment of animals—chemical testing, dogfights, rooster fights, bull fights. We must learn to respect all living things if we are to survive with dignity as a species. I doubt if I could live for any length of time without a dog. Fortunately, my wife and children feel the same. We are all dog owners. Dogs are our connection with nature and the Earth Mother.
Brad and Sherry Steiger
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Otherworldly Affaires: Haunted Lovers, Phantom Spouses, and Sexual Molesters from the Shadow World BY Brad Steiger
THE GREATEST POWER OF ALL Of all the forces that move men and women, none is more powerful than that of love and sexual desire. This primal impulse apparently extends into the otherworld and is responsible for some of the most astounding chapters in the literature of psychic phenomena. Here are amazing yet absolutely true stories of - apparitions of lovers seen at their moment of death, - jealous lovers who have sought vengeance from beyond the grave, - sexual molesters from the other world, - warnings and advice from lovers who have passed over, - passionate liaisons between psychic mediums and their contacts, - seducers from UFOs, and even more extraordinary tales. Originally published as HAUNTED LOVERS, this book contains a multitude of actual case histories, many of which were recorded here for first time. BRAD STEIGER has been writing about the paranormal for more than four decades, during which he has produced more than 160 books on the subject. He regards this work, which was certainly ahead of its time, as one of his best books on the paranormal.
2. Jason Hawes - Jason Conrad Hawes (born December 27, 1971 in Canandaigua, New York) is the founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), based in Warwick, Rhode Island. He is also one of the stars and co-producers of Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters, which has just started its fifth season. Founding member Jason Hawes once had a paranormal experience, one he mostly keeps to himself, that changed his perception of the world around him. Filled with a desire to dig deeper into the realm of the unknown, he began meeting with like-minded individuals in a loose-knit coffee clatch that eventually became know as the Rhode Island Paranormal Society (Rips).
Roto-Rooter plumbers by day, ghost hunters by night - Hawes and Grant Wilson of the T.A.P.S. (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) have worked to legitimize the idea that there are indeed some real ghosts going bump in the night.
Featured on the Sci-Fi channel on Wednesday evenings, Jason and Grant made ghost hunting more mainstream. By using a variety of high-tech tools like EMF detectors, digital voice recorders, and infrared cameras, they've taken a more scientific approach to hunting ghosts. Their objective isn't to prove the existence of ghosts at a particular location, but to DISPROVE any notion there are ghosts. It's a very different perspective and one that gives these ghost hunters a more skeptical slant.
3. Dale Kazmarek President of the Ghost Research Society and director of
Excursions Into The Unknown, Inc., which has celebrated more than 20
years as one of Chicago's premiere ghost tours. He has been actively
investigating ghosts, hauntings and poltergeist phenomena since 1975
and has appeared in numerous books, television shows, magazine and
newspaper articles, and documentaries about the unknown.
He is the
author of five books, including Windy City Ghosts, Windy City Ghosts
II, Field Guide to Spirit Photography, Illuminating the Darkness and
the new Field Guide to Ghost Hunting Techniques. He is a veteran
speaker at the Haunted America Conference.
4. Mark Nesbitt was born in Lorain, Ohio, and graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College with a BA in English Literature. He is a former National Park Service Ranger/Historian. He started his own research and writing company in 1977. He has conducted historical research, and created advertising copy, for some of America's leading historical artists.
Mark's Ghosts of Gettysburg stories have been seen, and/or heard, on The History Channel, A&E, The Discovery Channel, The Travel Channel, Unsolved Mysteries, Coast to Coast AM, regional television and radio programs, and in local newspapers and publications. Mark has been a keynote speaker for the Virginia House of Delegates, The Lotos Literary Club of New York, the Capital Area Intermediate Unit of the Teaching American History Project, and numerous local area Civil War Roundtables. He has appeared as a guest lecturer for Gettysburg College’s class “Death and the Meaning of Life.” He has also been a regular speaker for the annual Eastern Regional Paranormal Conferences, Pennsylvania Paranormal Conferences, and the New Jersey Ghost Conference.
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Mark was awarded the 1977-78 Eastern National Park and Monument Association’s National Award for Excellence in a Children’s Publication. In July of 2004, his Ghosts of Gettysburg Series received the National Paranormal Award for “Best True Hauntings Collection” and “Best ‘Local Haunt’ Guidebook”.
5. Lisa Lee Harp Waugh known as The Great American Necromancer from Marshall, Texas. She is by what may call a real conduit to the world of the dead. She dressers in ceremonial robes, draws magical circles on the floor and commands spirits from Heaven, Hell and all places in between to appear before her and communicate with the living. As a teenager she studied heavily The Black Arts by Richard Cavendish and The Grand Grimoire by A.E Waite, the Malleus Maleficarum and anything she could get her hands on by the great by Eliphas Levi, John Dee and the great beast, Aleister Crowley.
6. Troy Taylor Author of 49 books about history, hauntings and the unexplained in America for Whitechapel Press and Barnes & Noble Press respectively. He is the founder and president of the “American Ghost Society”, a national network of ghost hunters that collects stories of ghost sightings and haunted houses and uses investigative techniques to track down evidence of the supernatural.
Taylor was born on September 24, 1966 in Decatur, Illinois, a Midwestern city that is steeped in legend and lore. Even the hospital in which he was born is allegedly haunted by a phantom nun! He grew up fascinated with “things that go bump in the night”, as well as the writings of haunted travel writer Richard Winer and legendary ghost hunter, Harry Price. In school, Taylor was well-known for his interest in the paranormal and often took friends on informal ghost tours of haunted places all over downstate Illinois. He would later turn this interest into his full-time career.
In 1989, Taylor started working in a bookstore and a few years later, he wrote his first book on ghosts. It was called Haunted Decatur and delved into the ghosts and hauntings of the city where he grew up. He also created a tour that took guests to places that he had written about in the book. The book became an immediate success and its popularity, along with his previous experiences with ghost hunting, established Taylor as an authority on the supernatural. The book and tour led to media and public appearances and numerous requests to investigate ghostly phenomena.
In 1996, Taylor organized a group of ghost enthusiasts into an investigation team and the American Ghost Society was launched, gained over 600 members in the years that followed. The organization continues today as one of America’s largest and most honored research groups.
In 1998, Taylor moved his operations, which now included the American Ghost Society, a history and hauntings bookstore and a publishing company called Whitechapel Press, to Alton, Illinois, near St. Louis. In Alton, Taylor started his second tour company, Alton Hauntings, which took guests to local haunted places in the small Mississippi River town. He would go on to put the place on the map as “one of the most haunted small towns in America.” He currently resides in Central Illinois with his wife, Haven, in a decidedly non-haunted house. He currently resides in Central Illinois with his wife, Haven, in a decidedly non-haunted house.
8. Greg Myers Founding Director - Lead Investigator - EVP Specialist Administrator MPR Divison Greg has had personal paranormal encounters since being a teen and has years of paranormal investigative experience. He is well versed with haunting classifications, paranormal investigative techniques and leadership through example. Greg has served as a technician and supervisor while serving in the military and has further enhanced his education and abilities with legal issues while serving over ten years in the legal field. With his background of legal issues, lobbying experience and issue advocation, he hopes to apply these skills to the enactment and strengthening of "haunted house" and "psychological impact" disclosure laws for prospective property owners, tenets and lessees. Greg also has an extensive background in genealogical research and familiarization with record research vital to the research of potential haunted properties.
Greg is one that shares the philosophy that paranormal investigations can come with many unknown dangers which are not properly addressed by most of the paranormal research field. This and other important issues are overlooked and need further advocation to current and future researchers and
investigators within this field. Greg adheres to a Humanistic Approach to investigations developed by Missouri Paranormal Research Founder Steven LaChance which always places the client first above everything else.
Greg became part of MISSOURI PARANORMAL RESEARCH™ in August of 2005 serving as a co- administrator, lead investigator and EVP specialist. While serving with MPR, Greg became an instrumental element in the collection and analysis of evidence in a case involving an extreme "inhuman" haunting and possession. This Haunting was featured on the Discovery Channel's "A Haunting" series as the Season 3 opener in October 2006. Greg then co-founded PARANORMAL TASK FORCE, Inc. in October 2006. PARANORMAL TASK FORCE™, Inc. is a not for profit incorporation which educates and promotes the awareness of paranormal research as well as other historical and paranormal related issues along with providing assistance to the public and other organizations. MISSOURI PARANORMAL RESEARCH™ now serves as its non-extreme investigative and research division while other divisions will be launched making Paranormal Task Force™, Inc. a "One Stop" resource for all paranormal needs of clients, the public and other organizations as well.
Greg has been a featured guest on many radio stations across the US, UK, and Canada and has completed filming earlier this year (2007) with Keith Age and The Booth Brothers for "Children of the Grave" which will be released on October 2, 2007. He also served as a Location Manager for that project. He also completed filming for the Exspiro Productions documentary "The Other Side" which was released earlier this year (2007). Greg has also authored articles and short stories concerning his experiences within the paranormal realms and theories related to such which are published on the World Wide Web. Some of these articles and stories have been selected for inclusion in “Weird Hauntings II” and “Weird Missouri” which will be published in the near future.
Greg has also recently been added to the League of Paranormal Gentlemen.
9. Loyd Auerbach is well-known to the public as an expert on Ghosts and Psychic Experience. With a Master's degree in Parapsychology, he is Director of the Office of Paranormal Investigations, a Professor at JFK University, and creator and Instructor of the Certificate Program in Parapsychological Studies at HCH Institute, now available for distance learning. He is a member of the Rhine Research Center Advisory Board. He was a Consulting Editor and columnist for FATE magazine from 1991-2004. He is a past President of the Psychic Entertainers Association, and past President of the California Society for Psychical Study.
He is a professional mentalist and psychic entertainer, performing as Professor Paranormal – a title that follows him into his more serious work.
Auerbach is the author of seven books on the Paranormal, including A Paranormal Casebook: Ghost Hunting in the New Millennium (Atriad Press, 2005), Hauntings & Poltergeists: A Ghost Hunter’s Guide (Ronin Publishing, 2004) and Ghost Hunting: How to Investigate the Paranormal (Ronin, 2004).
His next book will be taking him in a different direction. Haunted by Chocolate: How to Go from Chocoholic to Chocolate Gourmet is coming from Atriad Press in early fall, 2007.
He has appeared on numerous national and local TV shows including Larry King Live, Oprah, Criss Angel: Mindfreak, Sightings, In Search Of, the Today Show, and Unsolved Mysteries, Late Night with David Letterman, and frequently on A&E, the History Channel, the Travel Channel, the Sci Fi Channel, the Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel (where many of his appearances are in eternal reruns).
10. Patrick Burns is best known as the paranormal investigator on TruTV's hit series "Haunting Evidence", but was no stranger to the media prior; having been featured on CNN and an Emmy award winning documentary for TBS, among numerous other appearances. He is also the founder and director of Ghost Hounds in Georgia and GhoStock, the popular annual event. Patrick is a veteran both in front of and behind the camera lens. A videographer in his own right, his "one man band" self-produced video production entitled "Haunted" has won him acclaim from his peers in the paranormal field and a nomination from Ghost Convention International for "best documentary". He resides with his wife Pamela and two sons near Atlanta, Georgia.
Burns was born September 29, 1968, the youngest of four boys, in Highland Park, Illinois and grew up in Cary, Illinois, where he graduated Cary-Grove Community High School in 1987.
After graduating high school, Burns enrolled in Columbia School of Broadcasting radio announcing curriculum. After completing the course of study, he worked in radio for a number of years.
Burns says that he had an uneventful childhood, with no exposure to paranormal activities, aside from what he read in books, until he was 18, at which time he began observing unusual phenomena. Several years later, while living in northern Wisconsin, he heard from some friends about the Paulding Spook Light that appears nightly on a desolate road near the town of Watersmeet, Michigan in the upper peninsula region. Burns states that he briefly investigated, and quickly determined that it was being caused by distant car headlights and tail lights - the highway wrapped around and was exposed through the trees where it crossed a hill about 5 miles away, however the encounter was inspiration to pursue a career as a paranormal investigator.
Burns is a frequent speaker at Dragon*Con, and goes by the handle Ghostgeek in the paranormal community. He lectures extensively across the United States at various paranormal conferences throughout the year, and at universities during the month of October.
More popular real Paranormal Investigators to keep an eye on!
Patti Starr is the President and owner of Ghost Chasers International, Inc., which is based in Lexington, Kentucky. She is an experienced and accomplished paranormal investigator with a goal to prove that life goes on even after death.
Over many years of paranormal research and ghost investigations, Starr has captured many anomalies in photos, videos and audios of haunted locations. Patti Starr is very active as a ghost researcher, author, lecturer, consultant, dowser, and teacher. She is also president of her own organization, Ghost Chasers International, Inc. in Lexington, Kentucky. Starr has been teaching ghost hunting courses at the Bluegrass Community and Technical College, in Lexington, Kentucky, for the last six years.
She is currently lecturing at numerous universities, colleges, and libraries throughout the United States. In 2006 Patti Starr was voted as one of the Top Ten Ghost Hunter Paranormal Investigators in America for 2007.
Patti has appeared in numerous newspaper and magazine articles as well as national television and radio, including BBC. Articles about Patti have appeared in numerous major publications, like the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Patti is also the tour guide for the immensely popular Bardstown Ghost Trek.
She has been featured on national TV, Food Network, “The Best of Fright Food” filmed at the haunted Talbott Tavern, Bardstown, KY and on the A&E Network, “Airline” filmed in Birmingham, AL, at the haunted Sloss Furnaces and a film clip of the investigation on Airline featured on the Montell Williams Show.
Richard L. Smith Investigator, EVP specialist, author, and founder/webmaster of www.paratexas.com. As a paranormal Investigator, Rich was naturally led into the study of Electronics Voice Phenomena because of his background in electronics, beginning with schooling and service with US Naval Intelligence (aviation) in the operation and maintenance of audio and video analysis systems of radio and radar signals.
Rich's approach to EVP study has taken him beyond the normally "random" EVP audio presentations usually seen by the public, and his criteria requires that the spirit take the time to communicate back and forth with reliability and purpose. He has identified particular spirits by name, some who are acting as "guides" for him, and others who are just what he refers to as "spirit companions".
One spirit in particular who calls herself "Rachael" has a seven year history of EVP communication with Richard, and claims to have lived with him in a previous incarnation as his wife while he was a merchant sea captain in the late 1700's and early 1800's.
Rich gives private instruction in EVP technique in Alvin, Texas www.evpschool.com and is the renowned author of the book "Everyplace I Go is Haunted"
A ghostly encounter 33 years ago in an Arizona theater was the beginning of Bob Hunnicutt’s journey into the world of the ghosts and hauntings. A theater ghost challenged his notions of the existence of life after death and helped him realize that science could not easily explain everything.
Over the last 19 years, Bob has investigated cases of phenomena associated with a wide variety of hauntings at private residences, businesses and historical landmarks throughout the state of Georgia, the Southeast and portions of the Mid-west. He has worked with renowned members of the paranormal community; exorcist Father Andrew Calder, demonologist John Zaffis, paranormal investigator Patrick Burns, ghost hunter Patti Starr, psychics Chip Coffey, Reese Christian and Sharon Johns.
He is the founder and director of the Georgia Ghost Society and the Central Georgia representative for the American Ghost Society; has been a featured investigator at Paranormal Underground events held at the Talbott Tavern in Bardstown Kentucky and the Mansfield Reformatory in Mansfield Ohio. He regularly speaks at local colleges, historical societies and paranormal conferences that include OmegaCon in Birmingham Alabama, GhoStock6 in Savannah Georgia, the Mid-South Paranormal Conference in Louisville and ScareFest in Lexington Kentucky.
He has been the featured guest on radio programs that include Coast to Coast AM, Ghostly Talk Radio, The X Zone Radio Show, Pulse Paranormal Radio in England and the nationally syndicated Lisa Birnbach Show. Bob has been involved in media projects with Turner South and Kim Eason Productions in Atlanta and is currently working with Southlan-Films on a documentary series titled “The Seekers, Investigating Southern Haunts”.
GINA LANIER is a New Orleans native who has studied paranormal activities, the occult and hauntings for nearly thirty years. She has participated in and conducted large-scale location hauntings and recently has shifted her focus to include the investigation and study of haunted toys such as dolls, toy furniture, games and other hallmarks of childhood.
Gina’s paranormal studies stem from several childhood experiences with the unknown including witnessing full body apparitions and clairaudient encounters with deceased relatives. These experiences continued beyond childhood and this is when Gina resolved to learn as much as possible about psychic and paranormal phenomenon to determine what, exactly, was making contact with her and with others who claimed to have been contacted from the Other Side.
Gina owns and operates a construction and refurbishment company in the Greater New Orleans area and this has afforded her exposure to many allegedly haunted locations and people over the years; several of these clients welcomed Gina’s expertise and insight when it came to documenting and investigating their haunted homes and businesses.
Gina Lanier has been selected by Haunted America Tours as one of the lead investigators for its soon-to-be-launched Haunted Investigations Team (HIT). If you would like to contact Gina, please submit your request and as much information as possible about your situation to her care of the Haunted America Tours web site.
Christopher Balzano A teacher and folklorist living in the Boston area. He has been investigating the unknown for twelve years and running Massachusetts Paranormal Crossroads, a website dedicated to the paranormal and local folklore of Massachusetts, for more than five. His writing has appeared in such respected publications as “The Haunted Times” and “Mystery Magazine” as well as “Unexplained Paranormal Magazine.” His investigations have been covered by “The Boston Globe”, “The Boston Herald”, “The Standard Times” and “Worchester Magazine” and he has been asked to speak about urban legends and the paranormal at conferences throughout New England. He is a regular on several paranormal radio shows, including “The Ghost Chronicles” and “Spooky Southcoast” and has appeared in documentaries and television specials on the supernatural. He was one of the featured writers in Jeff Belanger’s Encyclopedia of Haunted Places and contributed to the collection Weird Hauntings and the soon to be released, Weird Massachusetts. His writing and research have also been featured in Thomas D’Agostino’s Haunted New Hampshire and Haunted Massachusetts and the recently released Ghostly Tails from America’s Jails.
Mitchel Whitington Author and speaker on the subject of the supernatural www.ghostinmysuitcase.com. While traveling around the country, he has investigated haunted places from one coast to the other, and is a popular speaker at paranormal conferences. Mitchel relies more on experiences than photographs or recordings, and believes that investigators must respect the spirits and locations that they visit.
He is the author of several books on the paranormal, including regional worls such as "Ghosts of North Texas" and "Ghosts of East Texas and the Pineywoods." He is also named editor on four "Haunted Encounters" anthologies: "Real Life Stories of Supernatural Experiences," "Personal Stories of Departed Pets," "Ghost Stories From Around The World," and "Departed Family and Friends."
Mitchel has also contributed to the books "Haunted Tales of America's Jails" and "Haunted Texas Highways".
As a speaker, you will find him traveling around the country at conferences ranging from L.A. to Las Vegas to San Antonio. Whenever he speaks, his credo is simple: keep an open mind, and have fun.
JOYCE KELLER is an internationally-known psychic, author, radio host, and media personality, author of six best-selling books which are sold in many countries, including England, Greece, Italy and China. Joyce is a columnist for Lifetime Television and a certified hypno-therapist who has safely and successfully lead thousands of people on the healing odyssey of going through their most significant past lives.
Joyce Keller, recently honored in Simon & Schuster's Pocket Book, "Top 100 Psychics in America," "Who's Who in America," "Who's Who in the World" and "Who's Who in Television," is also the author of Simon & Schuster's "7 Steps to Heaven, How to Communicate with Those We've Loved and Lost," Adam Media's book, "Calling All Angels" and St. Martin's Press, "The Complete Book of Numerology." Joyce is also the author of American Media's popular Angel Series of Mini-books.
An internationally respected intuitive counselor, healer, lecturer and hypnotherapist, she is also the host of America's longest-running, live intuitive advice show. "The Joyce Keller Show," has been on the air since 1987 on New York's WGBB 1240 am for regular radio broadcasting as well as on the world wide web, with live audio streaming, at www.am1240wgbb.com.
Lifetime Television's Psychic Astrologer since 1995, she has written their record-breaking love, romance, life and sex columns on their website, www.LifetimeTV.com/JoyceKeller. She has been a popular, repeat guest with Regis, Oprah, Sally Jessy Raphael, Geraldo, Tru/TV, Entertainment Tonight and most other national TV and radio shows. Her website is www.JoyceKeller.com.
Brian Harnois - Brian Joseph Harnois was an investigator with and on both Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters and Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters International. He has been on over 600 investigations across the world in his 17 year career as a paranormal investigator. Having witnessed and experienced almost every type of paranormal phenomena, he has said that ectoplasm is the only thing he has never seen. He is still doing paranormal research and has scheduled a bunch of events, lectures, radio shows, and conventions for 2009 as he continues to spread his knowledge of the paranormal to anyone that is interested. He is now a firefighter after graduating from the Fire Fighter Academy in December. He lives with his wife and daughter in Rhode Island.
Jeff Belanger (born August 8, 1974 in Southbridge, Massachusetts) is an American author, public speaker and paranormal investigator. Belanger graduated from Hofstra University with a B.A. in English. After college Jeff served as Editor-in-Chief of Main Street - a biweekly arts and entertainment newspaper in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, he worked in marketing and public relations for both private and public companies, and he's currently a full-time writer living in Massachusetts with his wife, Megan, daughter, Sophie, and parakeet, Mambo.
Zak Bagans Host and Lead Investigator. Bagans, along with his paranormal investigation team, travels to both domestic and international locations rumored to be haunted in search of evidence proving the existence of the supernatural.
After graduating from film school in Michigan, Zak moved to Las Vegas to pursue a career in documentary filmmaking. There he met "Ghost Adventures" co-host Nick Groff and cameraman Aaron Goodwin. Their first paranormal investigations as a team took place all over Nevada, and the footage they captured led to an award-winning, nationally-televised "Ghost Adventures" documentary.
Nick Groff Paranomal Investigator With his detecting equipment and an expertise gained through experience, Groff will be locked in some of the most sinister locations from dusk to dawn to investigate and capture evidence of the paranormal.
Bagans and Groff co-founded the paranormal organization Ghost Adventures Crew (GAC). Its members support one another's quest to investigate possible paranormal activity first hand. Their biggest event to date was held at the Goldfield Hotel in Nevada.
Jason Offutt an author, a journalism instructor at Northwest Missouri State University, a syndicated humor and paranormal columnist, and not a snappy dresser at all. In Jason’s career he has been a newspaper editor, general assignment reporter, photographer, newspaper consultant, bartender, farm hand, and the mayor of a small Midwestern town. Jason’s published work includes the humor books “On Being Dad” and “A Small Town.” He’s married to Kimberly Offutt and they live in Maryville, Mo. Jason has four children – Tawney, seventeen, Hayden, eleven, two-year-old Sam and seven-month-old Sabrina. The baby likes to sleep and poop. Sam likes to eat, slide, and flirt with waitresses. Tawney likes baseball and music. Hayden likes to pretend he’s a super hero – and so does Jason. In his spare time, Jason hunts ghosts, complains there’s nothing on TV, and he likes beer – a lot. You can reach Jason through his Web site at www.jasonoffutt.com, e-mail him at jasonoffutt@hotmail.com, or mention something to anyone from his hometown of Orrick, Mo. They know his Ma.
Robb Demarest, a native of Albany, N.Y., joined the Ghost Hunters International team after three years with Florida Ghost Team, an affiliate of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (founded by Ghost Hunters' Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson). Robb's responsibilities on the team have ranged from research, technology management and client relations, to his current position as assistant director. He has also participated in speaking engagements on behalf of the group.
The evasive nature of paranormal investigation fueled Robb's desire to become involved in the field at an early age. He found it fascinating, he says, because it "was like reading a mystery that had the last page cut out."
As the lead investigator of the Ghost Hunters International team, Robb hopes to push the boundaries of current knowledge in the field and approach these enigmas with the open-minded skepticism for which his TAPS counterparts are known.
With a background in psychology and business administration, Robb has previously worked as an ESL teacher and works as a professional tutor, when he isn't investigating with TAPS. A practicing martial-artist, he also has a passion for traveling — for which Ghost Hunters International is a perfect outlet.
Sherri Brake-Recco is the owner and creator of Haunted Heartland Tours and Haunted History Walks of Canal Fulton Ohio. Sherri has had an interest in the paranormal since a small child growing up in NE Ohio. She has been investigating the paranormal for 22 years and has documented 100s of investigation of private homes, businesses, and other locations. Her interest in history and the War Between the States blossomed during her teen years when she learned she was a distant cousin to General Stonewall Jackson and the 3rd great granddaughter of a Confederate soldier. The last several years have also found Sherri "acting" our interests as a member of a Ohio Civil War re enacting unit who portray a Confederate unit.
Sherri began leading haunted tours at a century old building in Canal Fulton Ohio in 2003. Leading sold out tours for nearly 2 years convinced her that there was a growing need for organized haunted events in Ohio. As a result, Haunted Heartland Tours was begun in 2004 and with a successful 1st year passing, she incorporated haunted bus tours, Haunted History Walks of Canal Fulton, nighttime cemetery walks, paranormal classes, haunted dinner events and presentations. Sherri's tours are a blend of history, the paranormal as well as bit of science and skepticism. Haunted Heartland Tours runs year round and features haunted bus trips thru Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. In 2007 there are about 100 events to choose from. Sherri reseaches, organizes, and leads all tours and events for Haunted Heartland Tours.
Dustin Pari, Ghost Hunters International investigator, is a familiar face to longtime viewers of the Ghost Hunters franchise. Long harboring an interest in the paranormal, he began his career as a teenager investigating local hotspots in Rhode Island. He was later invited to join TAPS by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, and began appearing regularly on Ghost Hunters as an investigator.
TAPS' trip to Ireland in 2006 was a turning point for Dustin--during the investigation of Leap Castle, he had the most intense paranormal experience of his life when an unseen force in the tunnels beneath the castle attacked him. The Leap Castle investigation was his first investigation outside of the United States. It would not be his last.
Since joining the GHI team, Dustin's role has been one of both investigator and historical researcher, uncovering the truth behind centuries-old myths and legends.
He is the proud father of three, and is happily married to his beautiful wife, all of whom he misses greatly when he travels around the globe.
Kenneth Deel is a Demonologist of the Catholic faith, a Spiritual Warfare Counselor, and often a Catholic faith adviser (Catechism). He has over 28 years of research / experience on these topics, with his first experience occurring when he was about seven years old. He is near completion of his book which should be in print by 2009. And will begin a producing an educational documentary as a companion to his book, after the book is completed. Currently host and producer for his new radio show: “Demonology Today”, along with co-host Alan Glatzel, and Deborah (Glatzel) Johnson (“The Devil in Connecticut” Haunting survivors). He is also currently a Staff member of the IAMHAUNTED.com online paranormal community, and will also lend a hand as a contributing writer and art director for the upcoming IAMHAUNTED magazine.
Ken is also a graphic artist, and has provided high quality professional banners, logos and other media for PTF and other organizations.
Ken has returned to the MPR/PTF family after a brief absence. Ken has been an invaluable resource for both MPR/PTF team members and numerous clients in the past with closure brought to many of our cases. We are very proud to have him back as part of our family and am sure our current and future clients will also benefit greatly from his return.
PAUL F. ENO, 54, who has been called "the most intelligent voice in paranormal research today," is an award-winning New England journalist, the bestselling author of seven books, and a graduate of two seminaries who holds a rare Ph.B degree in philosophy.
He began his long career as a paranormal investigator in 1970 at the age of 17. His first major case (Connecticut's “Village of Voices”) captured the imagination of readers around the world when he wrote about it in FATE Magazine in 1985. Other famous cases he has been involved with include the Bridgeport, Conn., poltergeist outbreak of 1974, the mind-blowing “Haunter” case of York, Maine, in 1978, and the haunting of Wistman's Wood, England, in 1989.
Eno’s books include the Amazon.com bestseller TURNING HOME: GOD, GHOSTS AND HUMAN DESTINY (2006), FACES AT THE WINDOW (1998 – now in its third printing), FOOTSTEPS IN THE ATTIC (2002 – now in its second printing).
Eno is much in demand as a talk-show guest around the nation, most recently on “Coast to Coast A.M.” with George Noory and Art Bell. He has presented his interactive programs on the paranormal all over America and in Europe. He has appeared on the Travel, Discovery and History Channels. His unusually long experience in the field, his hair-raising adventures with famous hauntings, along with his utterly unique, riveting theories about the paranormal and its meaning for our understanding of the world and ourselves, draw capacity crowds wherever he speaks. His audiences love his wit, and are always moved by his compassion, his message of deathless hope, and the accounts of families he has helped.
Over the past 10 years, Eno has been “coming out of the closet” as a powerful and unique psychic/intuitive. While he is not a medium, Eno has an uncanny ability to “connect” with people, not only to help them solve paranormal problems, but also to see who and what in their families and/or daily lives they need to connect with to accomplish practical goals, fulfill day-to-day needs or achieve spiritual growth.
A fellow of the American Society for Psychical Research and a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, Eno holds a rare Ph.B degree from Wadhams Hall Seminary College. He went on to do postgraduate work in theology, philosophy, psychology, history, literature, military science and international law. Graduate schools he attended included Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.; and St. Vladimir Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York.
He has been a news editor at The Providence Journal, and a managing editor, reporter and feature writer at several other newspapers in the Northeast. Articles by him have appeared in Yankee, Fate, Pursuit, American History Illustrated, and other national magazines in America and Britain.
A true "Renaissance man," Eno also is a writer on history, and his 2005 book RHODE ISLAND: A GENIAL HISTORY, written with Emmy Award-winning local television newsman Glenn Laxton, immediately attracted the attention of the History Channel, which taped segments with Eno for its special on the New England Hurricane of 1938 (2006) and its upcoming series on the histories of the 50 U.S. states.
Brandy Green Her first ghost hunting endeavor began when she founded her own paranormal investigation group in the Twin Cities. Now she begins her latest feat as the Case Manager of the Ghost Hunters International team.
After studying the psychology of death and dying, Brandy began to expand her understanding of the psychological, social and historical aspects of loss and the afterlife.
She has worked to apply that knowledge towards clients and cases that her home team has worked on, as well as those that she encounters with GHI.
Having worked under florescent lighting in office desk jobs for years, she loves her new position with GHI and is thrilled to have the opportunity to investigate un-chartered locations and use state of the art equipment to make contact with the paranormal.
Aside from psychology, anthropology and the afterlife, some of Brandy's interests include: Egyptology, crypto zoology, travel, sketching, old movies, music, and theater.
Every weekend join hosts David Schrader and Tim Dennis as they lead you on a journey into the world of unexplained phenomena with their weekly program; The Darkness On The Edge of Town. Originally from Illinois Dave has been a resident of Minnesota since 1988 when he attended Winona State College and fell in love with the beauty and people of this great state.
With the growing interest in the world of the unknown on TV, the movies and literature building each day, Dave and Tim decided to bring their unique views and experiences to the radio. Dave has had an active interest in the paranormal since early in his childhood when he was visited by the spirit of his deceased grandmother. Continued activity and experiences has kept this passion alive. He is a contributing writer to TAPS Paramagazine and now he hopes to explore and learn with you each week as we delve deeper into The Darkness On The Edge Of Town.
Based in the Minnesota but streaming their show all over the world they cover every aspect of the paranormal; from ghosts to UFO activity and more. Each week they speak with experts in every field to bring you the latest and most up to date stories and dig deeper into classic and familiar tales and urban legends. Darkness on The Edge of Town promises to deliver interesting and thought provoking topics each week. The show will be available in its entirety every Monday morning to download so you can replay the show on this site to listen to at your leisure.
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