About GhoStock

Patrick Burns hosted the very first GhoStock in July of 2005 in historic Savannah Georgia.  At the time, very few people were hosting paranormal conferences.  GhoStock is one of the first and longest running paranormal conferences in the USA.

Its 2010 – five years later, and Burns has an impressive track record of 7 GhoStock conferences behind him!  The past events have featured notable guest speakers such as Steve Gonsalvez from the hit show “Ghost Hunters”, famed parapsychologists Dr. William Roll and the late Dr. Hans Holzer.

The first 6 conferences were all held in Savannah Georgia, but starting with GhoStock 7, Patrick made the decision to take the show on the road.  Starting with GhoStock 7 which was held in Salem MA, the conference is no longer  a permanent fixture in Savannah, but is hosted at different locations all across the USA.  GhoStock Gettysburg will take place in June of 2010, and GhoStock Key West in September of 2010.

Other locations being considered to host the conference at include New Orleans, Saint Augustine Florida, Charleston South Carolina, New York City, Chicago, and even outside of the continental USA in Hawaii and Europe!

GhoStock Gettysburg – Guest Bios

Mark Nesbit

Mark Nesbitt is a former National Park Service Ranger/Historian. He started his own research and writing company in 1977 and did research and advertising copy for some of America’s best historical artists. Beginning in 1978 he began writing books, including If the South Won Gettysburg (1980), 35 Days to Gettysburg (1992), Rebel Rivers (1993), Saber and Scapegoat: J.E.B. Stuart and the Gettysburg Controversy (1994), Through Blood and Fire (1996), and the best selling Ghosts of Gettysburg Series (1991- present). Many of his stories have been seen, and/or heard, on The History Channel, A&E, The Travel Channel, Unsolved Mysteries, Coast to Coast AM, and numerous other local television programs and specials. In July of 2004, his Ghosts of Gettysburg Series received the National Paranormal Award for “Best True Hauntings Collection” and “Best ‘Local Haunt’ Guidebook”.

In 1994, Mark started the first ghost walk in Gettysburg, The Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours®. Armed with tales from his ghost books – and with a few that aren’t in the books -guides dressed in period attire take visitors on evening tours through sections of town that were bloody battlefields 13 decades ago; through night-darkened streets to houses and buildings where it’s not as quiet as it should be; to sites on the old Pennsylvania College campus where the slain once lay in rows, and the wounded suffered horribly, waiting to become corpses themselves; to cemeteries where the dead lie. . . sometimes not so peacefully. Gettysburg may very well be, acre for acre, the most haunted place in America.

Over the years since the battle, stories of scores of sightings, stranger than reality, have emerged from the quaint houses and gentle fields in and around the town of Gettysburg: Stories of sightings of these soldiers, moving again in battle lines, across the fields where they once marched. . . and died; tales of visions through a rip in time into the horrible scene of a Civil War hospital; whispers of a look at men long dead held eternally captive by duty. These apparitions -and more- come back to remind us, in one way or another that they are not to be forgotten for what they did here…

Patrick Burns

Patrick Burns is best known as the paranormal investigator star of TruTV’s (formerly CourtTV)Haunting Evidence. For three seasons, Burns was called to apply his vast knowledge of electronics and computer systems toward the goal of documenting paranormal activity.

He is one of the most respected and in-demand paranormal researchers today, receiving requests to conduct investigations and lectures from coast to coast.

Burns’ numerous technical skills include a mastery of advanced audio filtering techniques for enhancing faint EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) recordings.

When not in front of a camera, Patrick can be seen working behind one. He is a professional photographer and videographer and was able to lend his vast knowledge of these fields to his role on “Haunting Evidence”.

As a photographer, Patrick shoots in infrared light exclusively. His unique style has won him accolades from his peers and examples of his work can be seen in his on-line gallery at Patrick Burns Photography

He is the founder and director of Ghost Hounds, one of the largest paranormal communities in the USA, and is the organizer and host of GhoStock: a paranormal enthusiast’s convention held annually at famously haunted locations across the country.

Burns has always considered himself to be a “skeptical believer” and cautiously examines all claims of paranormal events. At a conference in the summer of 2008, Burns participated in several panel discussions alongside members of the James Randi Educational Foundation – one of the largest skeptical societies in the world. At the conclusion of the conference, he was singled out and lauded for being the only member of the paranormal community in attendance that willingly engaged and answered the tough questions posed by the skeptics.

Patrick currently has several ambitious media projects in the works, including a “how-to” instructional video on ghost hunting and a series of DVD’s profiling allegedly haunted locations around the country. Somewhere in between, he’s managed to find the time to pen his first book: The Other Side: A Teenager’s Guide to Ghost Hunting with Marley Gibson andDave Schrader.

After graduating high school in 1987, Burns enrolled in Columbia School of Broadcastings radio announcing curriculum. After completing the course of study, he worked in radio for a number of years. His formal training in reading copy to time has served him well thorough his paranormal career; when Court TV premiered the first pilots of “Haunting Evidence” in December of 2005, Patrick was called to do voice over narration for the two initial episodes.

When not chasing specters through haunted houses and cemeteries, Patrick enjoys camping and SCUBA diving.

Marley Gibson

Marley Gibson is the author of the hit young adult paranormal fiction series, “Ghost Huntress,” from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Graphia line.

Gibson has been a lifelong paranormal enthusiast. She started conducting paranormal investigations in August 2007 as research for her “Ghost Huntress” teen fiction series and has captured some very compelling pictures, videos, and sound files. Gibson was featured on the premiere episode of The Biography Channel’s “My Ghost Story,” as well as being interviewed by CNN.com for a Halloween feature on ghost hunting in 2008.

Gibson’s publishing credits include “Ghost Huntress: The Awakening,” “Ghost Huntress: The Guidance,” and “Ghost Huntress: The Reason.” The next titles in the series “Ghost Huntress: The Counseling” and “Ghost Huntress: The Journey” will be released in September of 2010 and May 2011 respectively. She has also co-authored a teen ghost hunting how-to guide entitled “The Other Side: A Teen’s Guide to Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal” with Patrick Burns and Dave Schrader. Gibson is also the co-author of the wildly successful “Christmas Miracles,” written with Cecil Murphey, from St. Martin’s Press. The sequel, “Christmas Spirit” will be published in the Fall of 2011.

Gibson has investigated haunts throughout the USA, including Rolling Hills Sanitarium, Waverly Hills Sanatorium, The Sprague Mansion, The Houghton Mansion, The Stanley Hotel, and the Queen Mary alongside well known paranormal celebrities like Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Patrick Burns, Chris Fleming, John Zaffis, Shannon Sylvia, Chip Coffey, Stacy Jones, Tiffany Johnson, and many others.

Gibson holds a Bachelors of Arts in Communication with an emphasis in Advertising and a double minor in Political Science and Speech Communications from The University of Alabama. She has worked on several political campaigns, as a United States Congressional intern, and has been a marketing events manager in the medical, higher education, financial, and technology sectors. She travels extensively with her partner-in-crime, paranormal investigator Patrick Burns, and the two call Boston, Massachusetts home. She can be found online at www.marleygibson.com and www.ghosthuntress.com and via her group blog at www.booksboysbuzz.com.