When you think of ghost
hunting many names come to mind as who is
the most popular person in the field today.
Many men top the list but what about the women
who 'se devotion and contributions to paranormal
studies have opened the doors to validating
the existence of ghosts and all that is strange
in the world. From the hunting of Ghosts,
Bigfoot and UFO's many notable and well respected
female challenge the secrets of the unknown
looking for answers.
Linda Moulton
Howe
Often called the first lady
of paranormal research her web site www.earthfiles.com
attracts many visitors daily. Linda Moulton
Howe is a graduate of Stanford University
with a Masters Degree in Communication. She
has devoted her documentary film, television
and radio career to productions concerning
science, medicine and the environment. Ms.
Howe has received local, national and international
awards, including three regional Emmys and
a national Emmy nomination. Those films have
included Poison in the Wind and A Sun Kissed
Poison which compared smog pollution in Los
Angeles and Denver; Fire In The Water about
hydrogen as an alternative energy source to
fossil fuels; A Radioactive Water about uranium
contamination of public drinking water in
a Denver suburb; and A Strange Harvest which
explored the worldwide animal mutilation mystery
that has haunted the United States and other
countries since the late 1950's and continues
to date. Another film focused on astronaut
training in Denver.

Linda was an honored medical producer in
Boston's WCVB Station Excellence Peabody Award,
received the Aviation & Space Writers
Association Award for Writing Excellence in
Television, a Chicago Film Festival Golden
Plaque for A Radioactive Water, Colorado's
Florence Sabin Award for "outstanding
contribution to public health," and was
Director of International Programming for
Earthbeat , an environmental series broadcast
on Turner's WTBS Superstation, Atlanta, Georgia.
In September 2003, Linda's science, environment
and real x-files news web site, Earthfiles.com,
received an Award for Standard of Excellence
presented by the internet's WebAward organization.
She also produces radio news reports for the
nationally syndicated Clear Channel's Coast
to Coast AM with George Noory and the internet's
Dreamland Online .
In July 2003, Linda traveled to England to
report about the proliferation of crop formations
and associated small, mysterious lights seen
there and in other European countries. In
February 2003, Linda traveled to Corguinho,
Brazil, to collect physical evidence related
to unusual phenomena for scientific study.
In August 2002, Linda traveled to Norway to
join physicists and engineers in the study
of "thermal plasmas of unknown origin"
in the Hessdalen valley; in June 2001, Linda
traveled to Hong Kong and Laos to do on-camera
reporting for a new Discovery Channel television
series, Modern Mysteries of Asia.
A few of her other television productions
have included The World of Chemistry for PBS;
creation of a two-hour special Earth Mysteries:
Alien Life Forms in association with WATL-Fox,
Atlanta; three documentaries for UNICEF about
international child survival efforts; the
documentary Strange Harvests 1993; was Supervising
Producer and Original Concept creator for
UFO Report: Sightings first broadcast in October
1991 which lead to the Sightings series on
Fox. She has traveled in Brazil, Norway, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Egypt, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Australia,
Japan, Peru, Venezuela, Canada, Europe, Mexico,
the Yucatan, and Puerto Rico for research
and productions.
Linda has written four books: Mysterious
Lights and Crop Circles , 2nd edition, September
2002, about eyewitness accounts and scientific
research of biophysical and biochemical changes
in affected cereal crops by complex energy
systems; An Alien Harvest about the worldwide
animal mutilation phenomenon; Glimpses of
Other Realities, Volumes I and II which concern
U.S. military, intelligence and civilian testimonies
about non-humans interacting with earth life.
Linda continues to write, produce and speak
at national and international conferences
and symposiums, including NASA's Goddard Space
Flight Center. She also produces, writes and
reports for television segments and has been
interviewed on a Larry King Live special,
CNN; The O'Reilly Factor , FOX; Sightings
and Strange Universe, FOX; NBC's The Other
Side; cable's Montel Williams ; Britain's
Union Pictures, ITN and BBC; The Discovery
and Learning Channel special Evidence On Earth;
and the NBC network special, Mysterious Origins
of Man.
Gina Lanier
New Orleans native who has
studied paranormal activities, the occult
and haunting's for nearly thirty years. She
has participated in and conducted large-scale
location haunting's 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
has also stated many times that she has actually
met the Devil eye to eye figuratively and
literally.

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 Has appeared on several Radio shows
internationally and has appeared and been
featured in many articles and stories. "
My credentials mean nothing," says Lainer
" I only want to prove to myself that
what I discover is real". The fact that
she discloses her findings is only because
she wants someone to investigate the many
encounters she has had, and verify them as
facts not fictions.
Lanier is also a staff writer for Haunted
America Tours. She has also consulted with
many well known's in the field helping them
to understand and explore deeper into paranormal
research. Laniers web site www.ginalanier.com,
Is also one of the most visited web sites
on the internet. Lanier is also very accessible
to the public and is more then willing to
help all those that contact her with their
personal paranormal problems.
Patti Starr, Certified Ghost
Hunter
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. Starr is a world renowned paranormal
investigator who owns the Ghost Chasers International
organization founded in 1996 based in Lexington,
Kentucky. She is also owner of the Ghost Hunter
Shop located at 835 Porter Place, Lexington,
Kentucky. Patti is also the tour guide for
the immensely popular Bardstown Ghost Trek
which she started in 1997 in Bardstown, KY.
With over 30 years of paranormal research
and ghost investigations Patti has captured
many anomalies in photos, videos and audio's
while investigating haunted locations. Her
goal as an experienced and accomplished paranormal
investigator is to collect evidence to support
the premise that life goes on even after death.
She is very active as a ghost researcher,
author, lecturer, consultant, dowser, and
teacher. Her book, Ghost Hunting in Kentucky
and Beyond, is widely hailed as a must-have
resource for all serious ghost hunters.
Patti has been teaching ghost hunting courses
at the Bluegrass Community and Technical College
in Lexington, Kentucky since 2001. She is
currently lecturing at numerous universities,
colleges, and libraries throughout the United
States.
Over many years of paranormal research and
ghost investigations, Starr has captured many
anomalies in photos, videos and audio's 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.
Ghost Chasers International,
Home of the Ghost Hunter www.ghosthunter.com

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 2008.
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. Patti’s work has been documented
in numerous newspapers and magazines including
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Philadelphia
Inquirer, Oracle 20/20, Ghost Magazine and
Southern Distinction.
Patti writes for the Lexington Herald-Leader
online newspaper under the heading “Ask
the Expert”. It is a forum for posing
questions to certain professionals. Questions
and answers are published for information
and discussion purposes only. Patti is currently
working on an event, ScareFest, which will
be held at the Lexington Center on September
12, 13, 14, 2008. It is herald to be the biggest
"Horror and Paranormal" conventions
in the Southeast.
Lisa Lee Harp Waugh The
American Necromancer
The first lady of conjuring the Dead. The
ancient art pf Necromancy is still alive today
with Waugh at it's main investigator. LISA
LEE HARP WAUGH Is a necromancer in the 21st
century. 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. www.ghosthuntersofamerica.com

A professional Necromancer and founder of
the Sorcerers Guild of greater Houston, Texas.
Waugh has been practicing and conducting rituals
for many paranormal investigators for over
20 years. Waugh also paints many spiritual
and common murals and lives in a small Texas
town with her three dogs. She also over the
years makes ceremonial candles and is active
in ghost hunting in the deep South. Summoning
the dead to communicate with the living is
a natural daily occurrence for Waugh. "I
have been doing this since I was a child."
" When I lived in Galveston, Texas about
15 years ago, I was introduced to the ancient
rights of ceremonial Necromancy as a ritual
by a great shaman called Freebird, and because
of him and his diligence to the art, I still
practice it until this day." "However,
if a spirit has something vital to impart
to you, they will call upon you, not vice-versa
and no ritual is needed".
She then Got involved with the local Hoodoo
Voodoo's of the area and new doors where opened
to her concerning communicating with the dead.
Waugh was baptized and trained in the secret
dark religion by Bianca The Voodoo Queen of
New Orleans. Waugh lived in New Orleans for
3 years until she learned all about spells,
hex's and how to hoodoo voodoo people as she
says.
Waugh also owned and managed the fantastic
Candle Making Company in Galveston, Texas
for many years that catered to the eclectic
patrons taste of many of the states visitors
and just curious. She then moved to Houston's
Famous Vodoun area 5th ward. This now where
she resides to this day. Her home today is
a testimony to Necromancy and her new found
religion of Voodoo Hoodoo.
Necromantic practitioners such as Waugh conducts,
and entails respect and reverence not only
for the spirits of the dead, but for the spirits
of Hell, Heaven and all places in between.
Waugh has a large home one room she has painted
black where she calls the good spirits. Another
painted all black where she calls the infernal
spirits.

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Waugh is often compared today in her facial
features and many similar practices as being
a modern Dr. John Dee. He of course was one
of the most fascinating characters of the
Elizabethan period just as Waugh is recognized
as such in modern times. The events of Dee's
life are filled with science, experiments,
astrology and mathematics which he aligned
with magic, the supernatural and alchemy!
All of which is Waugh's personal passion and
driven honest beliefs. These are also stead
fast traditions she does and true in practicing
openly. A few of her select followers say
she is the actual reincarnation of John Dee.
Waugh also practices astrology, and is very
continuously studying the Black Arts.
Waugh, a real big hearted Texas gal does
not comment on any of this privately or publicly
... for she is humble in her paranormal studies
and research to the core. Gina Lanier a close
friend of her's relates: "Waugh is a
very outgoing friendly, charming and a downright
loveable person, and gets along equally well
with the living and the dead." Lanier
and Waugh once investigated a real Haunted
Texas Federal Prison together for close to
two years in the early 1990's and had many
startling paranormal adventures while there.
Lisa Lee Harp Waugh's accomplishments have
been achieved through hard work, persistence,
and a goal-oriented attitude required to overcome
obstacles and reach difficult goals. Waugh
shares her approach to communicating with
the dead's success in this motivational performance
that's sure to inspire Paranormal Investigators
to excel in their life.
Rosemary
Ellen Guiley, Ph.D.
Rosemary Ellen Guiley is
one of foremost authorities on the paranormal
and supernatural. With 32 books, 8 encyclopedias
and hundreds of articles on a wide range of
paranormal, spiritual and mystical topics,
she possesses an exceptional knowledge of
the field. www.visionaryliving.com

Her popular encyclopedias on ghosts and spirits,
angels, vampires and werewolves, magic and
alchemy, dreams, mystical and paranormal experience
and saints are considered essential sources
for authors, researchers, film and documentary
producers, and paranormal investigators. Her
work has been translated into 14 languages
and has been selected by major book clubs
around the world. She appears in television
programs, documentaries and films with paranormal
themes, and makes numerous media and lecture
appearances, including colleges and universities.
She is an occasional guest on Coast to Coast
AM with George Noory, the leading nighttime
talk radio show, and is the featured paranormal
expert with a monthly report on the Richard
Syrett Show, Toronto, and Scott Colburn's
Exploring Unexplained Phenomena, Lincoln,
Nebraska.
She is a columnist for TAPS Paramagazine,
a consulting editor of FATE Magazine, an associate
editor of JAR, the Journal of Abduction-Encounter
Research, and a blogger for the Arts &
Entertainment blog site, Paranormal Insider.
She is a member of the League of Paranormal
Gentlemen, a team of paranormal experts that
works for Spooked Productions on docu-dramas
about paranormal cases. Rosemary makes frequent
first-hand investigations of haunted places,
and is a featured investigator and presenter
at many TAPS haunted weekend events, featuring
Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson. She is the Maryland
representative for John Zaffis's Paranormal
Research Society of New England, which focuses
on negative haunting problems.
Rosemary holds a BA in Communications from
the University of Washington, Seattle. Prior
to becoming self-employed as an author, she
worked as a news journalist, magazine editor,
and internal communications editor for IBM.
In 2001 she obtained a PhD from the International
Institute for Integral Human Sciences in Montreal
in recognition for her work in the field.
Visionary Living, Inc., formed in 2000, is
her umbrella company for her publishing and
media work. Rosemary lives in Maryland near
Baltimore.
Documentaries and cable/television shows:
Children of the Grave, Spooked Productions,
The Sci-Fi Channel,
Witchcraft in Salem, The Travel Channel,
The Secret Life of Vampires, A&E,
Angels: Good or Evil, The History Channel,
Dreams and Food, The Discovery Health Channel,
Divine Magic: The World of the Supernatural:
The Restless Dead, Time-Life Films,
Divine Magic: The World of the Supernatural:
Dreams of Gold, Time-Life Films,
The Quest: Lunar Mysteries, Discovery,
Adventures Beyond: America’s Most Haunted,
Bob Schott Productions,
Creepy Canada, Ghost investigation at the
USS Constellation and Poe gravesite in Baltimore,
Sightings, Vampires,
The Science and Power of Prayer, Hartley
Film Foundation,
Numerous local and regional talk shows and
newscasts.
Major radio talk shows:
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory,
Beyond Reality with Jason Hawes and Grant
Wilson,
The Richard Syrett Show (Canada) with Richard
Syrett -- Rosemary is the special paranormal
expert guest on the second Wednesday of every
month,
Exploring Unexplained Phenomena with Scott
Colborn -- Rosemary has a special segment
every fourth Saturday of the month,
A.P.S.R. Paranormal Talk Radio with Dr. Jimmy
Lowery,
Ghostlytalk,
Jerry Pippin Show,
Lou Gentile Show,
Magick Mind Radio,
Hilly Rose Show,
Laura Lee Show,
Exploring Unexplained Phenomena with Scott
Colborn,
Spooky Southcoast with Tim Weisberg and Matt
Costa,
The Headroom with Rob Simone,
The Unexplained with Howard Hughes (U.K.),
Charlie Wolf (U.K.),
The Edge,
21st Century Radio with Bob Hieronimous,
The Vortex with Beth Richards-Mastin (Canada),
Wisdom Radio,
The World of the Unexplained.
Publications Rosemary has written for or been
featured in: TAPS Paramagazine (columnist),
FATE Magazine (consulting editor), Atlantis
Rising, Bite Me (U.K.), Mclean’s (Canada),
Forbes.com, New York Times, Redbook, Dream
Network, Dream Time, Numerous newspapers and
local/regional magazines.
Filmography: The Larksville Ghost, Metro-Video
Productions, Role: Self, paranormal investigator,
The Haunting of Danbury House, Gold Castle
Films, Role: Self, paranormal investigator.
Published Books
GHOSTS & THE PARANORMAL
The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits. Facts
On File, 1992. Second ed. 2000. Third ed.
2007.
The Encyclopedia of the Strange, Mystical
and Unexplained. Gramercy Books/Random House,
2001.
The Atlas of the Mysterious in North America.
Facts On File, 1994.
Harper's Encyclopedia of Mystical and Paranormal
Experience. Harper San Francisco, 1991.
Moonscapes: A Celebration of Lunar Astronomy,
Magic, Legend and Lore. Prentice-Hall, 1991.
MAGIC & ALCHEMY
The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy. Facts
On File, 2006.
REINCARNATION
Tales of Reincarnation. Pocket Books, 1989.
VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES & WITCHCRAFT
The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves
and Other Monsters. Facts On File, 2005.
The Complete Vampire Companion. Macmillan,
1994.
Vampires Among Us. Pocket Books, 1991.
The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft.
Facts On File, 1989. Second ed. 1999.
DREAMS & INTUITION
The Tao of Dreaming. (With Sheryl Martin,
OMD) Berkley, 2005.
The Dreamer’s Way: Using Proactive Dreaming
for Creativity and Healing. Berkley, 2004.
Dreamspeak: How To Understand the Messages
in Your Dreams. Berkley, 2001.
Dreamwork for the Soul. Berkley, 1998.
The Encyclopedia of Dreams: Symbols and Interpretations.
Crossroad, 1993; Berkley, 1995.
Breakthrough Intuition: How To Achieve A Life
of Abundance by Listening to the Voice Within.
Berkley, 2001.
ANGELS & FAIRIES
Angel Magic for Love and Romance. Galde Press,
2005.
Fairy Magic. Thorsons/HarperCollins, 2004.
The Encyclopedia of Angels. Facts On File,
1996. Second ed. 2004.
Ask the Angels. Element/HarperCollins, 2003.
I Bring You Glad Tidings: Inspiring True Stories
of Christmas Angels. Pocket Books, 1999.
An Angel in Your Pocket. Thorsons/HarperCollins,
1999.
Angels of Mercy. Pocket Books, 1994.
SAINTS
The Quotable Saint. Facts On File, 2002.
The Encyclopedia of Saints. Facts On File,
2001.
MIRACLES & PRAYER
A Miracle in Your Pocket. Thorsons/HarperCollins,
2001.
Prayer Works. Unity House, 1998.
Wellness: Prayers for Comfort and Healing.
Pocket Books, 1998.
Blessings: Prayers for the Home and Family.
Pocket Books, 1996 and 1998.
The Miracle of Prayer: True Stories of Blessed
Healings. Pocket Books, 1995.
THE TAROT
The Mystical Tarot. New American Library,
1991; Signet, 2001.
The Angels Tarot. HarperSanFrancisco, book
and deck set,1996.
The Alchemical Tarot. Thorsons/HarperCollins,
book and deck set, 1995.
Judy Myers
Judy Myers - First Vice President
Founding Director - Sensitive Investigator
Administrator ParaVoyance Division
Judy is considered a Clairvoyant and Psychic
Medium by many, however Judy has considered
this gift "a curse" since childhood.
Judy has had a Near Death Experience (NDE)
while she was a teenager, an experience which
only heightened her gift with its full inclusion
into all six areas of perception; Clairvoyance,
Clairsentience, Clairaudience, Clairalience,
Claircognizance and Clairgustance.

Throughout her life Judy has always been
exposed to the paranormal against her own
will which has given her a very different
perception of both life and the after life.
It was finally her husband whose interest
of helping others experiencing the darker
side of paranormal activity finally brought
light to how Judy could apply her gift.
Judy became part of MISSOURI PARANORMAL RESEARCH™
in August of 2005 serving as an assistant
administrator and sensitive investigator.
Since serving in the paranormal investigative
and research field, Judy has become an invaluable
resource in assisting on investigations where
her gift has been used partially to determine
equipment placement resulting in concrete
captures of the unknown. Her gift has also
been very beneficial in the determination
of haunting sources, potential dangers and
allows closure to be brought to clients seeking
such. Both research and evidentiary captures
have validated her gift as both real and accurate
to others.
PARANORMAL
TASK FORCE™
"Your One Stop Paranormal Resource Center"

Judy became an instrumental element 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.
Judy 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.
In July 2007 Judy founded PARAVOYANCE™,
a new division of PARANORMAL TASK FORCE™,
Inc.,
devoted to the psychic and other metaphysical
aspects of paranormal realms. PARAVOYANCE™
not only assists clients and other divisions
of Paranormal Task Force, but also other individuals
and organizations as well.
Judy completed filming as a sensitive investigator
along with her daughter earlier with Keith
Age and The Booth Brothers for "Children
of the Grave" released October 2, 2007.
Ursula Bielski
Ursula Bielski is the founder of Chicago
Hauntings, Inc. and his been writing and lecturing
about Chicago's supernatural folklore and
the paranormal for nearly 20 years. Ursula
is the author of six popular and critically-acclaimed
books, including Chicago Haunts, the first-ever
book to document the city's rich ghostlore,
and is the organizer of the first Chicago
Ghost Conference of 2007. Ursula and her husband,
author David Cowan, formed Chicago Hauntings,
Tours in 2003, and the tours have emerged
as the most respected and acclaimed in the
city.

Ursula she also hosts Beyond the Veil events
with Chicago colleague Edward Shanahan of
the Unexplained World, escorting guests to
intensely spiritual locations around the Midwest.
Ursula's interests in Chicago ghost hunting
began at a young age. She grew up in a haunted
house near Wrigley Field on Chicago's north
side and received an early education in Chicago
history from her father, a Chicago police
officer, who introduced Ursula to the ghosts
of Graceland Cemetery, Lake Michigan and the
old lockup at Chicago's storied Maxwell Street
Police Station. Since that time Ursula has
been involved in countless investigations
of haunted sites in Chicago and around the
nation, and has appeared in productions by
the A&E Network, The History Channel,
The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel,
and PBS. In addition to her books, Ursula
is the author of numerous scholarly articles
exploring the links between history and the
paranormal, including articles published in
the International Journal of Parapsychology.
Ursula is a past editor of PA News, the quarterly
newsletter of the Parapsychological Association,
a past president and board member of the Pi
Gamma Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national
history honor society, and holds membership
in the Society of Midland Authors. Ursula
holds a B.A. degree in history from Benedictine
University and an M.A. in American cultural
and intellectual history from Northeastern
Illinois University, where her academic explorations
include the Spiritualist movement of the 19th
century and its transformation into psychical
research and parapsychology, and the relationships
among belief, experience, science, and religion.
www.chicagohauntings.com
Susan Sheppard
Not only is Susan Sheppard the creator of
the Haunted Parkersburg Ghost Tours, she is
also well respected for her abilities as a
psychic medium. She has worked as psychic
and a spiritualist medium since age fourteen
and as a paranormal investigator for the last
decade. This came about when her friends overheard
a well-known psychic tell Susan that she,
too, had "the gift" and should use
her special abilities to help others. This
was no surprise to Susan's family who had
witnessed her uncanny abilities since early
childhood. www.hauntedparkersburg.com

Her West Virginia childhood might have some
bearing on her interest in the paranormal.
Sheppard is "Black Dutch," meaning
she is descended from the less than 850 Shawnee
Indians who remained east of the Mississippi
River after the other Shawnee (during the
"Trial of Tears" removal) were forced
onto reservations out west in the 1830s. Susan,
along with others in the Friend family, is
a direct descendent of Shawnee Chief Big Thunder
through his daughter, Bright Lightning, whose
name was anglicized to "Anna Friend."
Susan grew up just a few hills away from
the first sighting of the famous West Virginia
Mothman. It was during this time that Sheppard’s
family home underwent a great deal of paranormal
activity sparking her interest in the unknown
while tapping into her natural psychic talents.
However, Sheppard has had direct communications
with spirits of her Native American ancestors
since around age four when she met the ghosts
of two Indian braves on the hillside above
her grandparent's house in broad daylight.
Though very small, she understood the braves
to be both her ancestors and her guides. Ms.
Sheppard’s adolescence was spent partly
doing psychic readings along with school work
and sometimes working with local law enforcement
on missing person cases. She later grew up
with the aspirations of becoming a published
author and an artist, both of which she achieved.
Sheppard has authored a number of popular
books which are sold worldwide and has continued
with her art in many venues. Her poetry alone
has won many prestigious awards.
Susan has never strayed from her interests
in the spirit world and has continued to work
in the field as a medium, as well as a practicing
astrologer. In the last few years she has
worked primarily as a psychic medium and a
paranormal investigator on various ghost hunts
and investigations. She also leads séances,
does clearings and performs platform style
readings before the public for which she is
the most famous in her area.
Last year, Susan was featured on the ABC
Family Channel’s popular show “Scariest
Places on Earth” as a psychic medium
at the Shawnee Amusement Park in Bluefield,
West Virginia. She has previously taught “Be
Your Own Psychic” classes at the Self-Health
& Awareness Center and continues appear
before audiences and live television as a
psychic medium.
Not only is Susan an exceptional psychic,
she is knowledgeable in the field of the unknown.
She remains up-to-date on the latest developments
in research concerning the paranormal.
Paula Jedi
Paula Jedi is the owner and operator of Poltergeist
Tower, a series of paranormal message boards
covering many paranormal topics.

What makes the Tower special is its Guardians.
These are people, from all over the globe,
who have a passion for the paranormal field
and volunteer their time as paranormal reporters
to try to capture entities on camera and voice
recorder and report the findings back to you.
The Tower isn't an investigation group per
se. The people there take a more casual and
fun loving approach and simply wish to share
with you the mystery of the paranormal, allowing
you to draw your own conclusions. Lastly,
the Tower respects all opinions, even those
that oppose their own, as they find that every
opinion opens a new door and provides an opportunity
to learn. www.poltergeisttower.com
ParaCharity was formed to help those in need.
Whether by helping organizations that also
help people or by assisting a homeless beggar
on the street, I am here to serve God by helping
mankind and animals. After 36 years of preparation,
I have finally found my purpose and I am so
greatful to have met some wonderful people
along the way. I would also like to thank
my mother for being a fabulous role model,
helping disabled children and the elderly
with her nursing skills for 40+ years. She
gives endlessly and I feel that the world
can benefit from more people like her! How
you can help: You can help by purchasing the
"Gentlemen of the Paranormal" calendar.
All proceeds will go to organizations and
individuals that I choose along the way. www.myspace.com/paracharity
Also, I'd like to thank John Predovan, Jason
Hays, Chris Fleming, Robbie Thomas, Syd Schultz,
Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, Aaron Goodwin, Pete
Haviland, Patrick Burns, Jeff Belanger, John
Oliver, and Todd Sheets for volunteering to
participate in this project. They are all
awesome people. Thank you so much!