The Ghostman—Shaun Burris, a blue collar ghost hunter for over 10 years and Nathan Schoonover—AKA the Demon Hunter, a paranormal investigator and counselor for almost 15 years, wanted to bring you two things: the big names in the paranormal community the way they got to see them behind the scenes, and the groups and investigators out there in the paranormal trenches. Thus the Shock Jocks of the supernatural were born.
The bad boys of the paranormal will hit on the subjects ghost hunters are talking about. Join us as we test the waters of the supernatural; tips, guests… and answers to the questions nobody else is willing to ask.
12/21/08 - Our last show of 2008. Snowed in, we talk about everything we have done over the last year. Then we talk to L.A. Marzulli author of THE NEPHILIM TRILOGY. In a spellbinding trilogy that weaves truth, prophecy, fiction, and the author’s own shocking research, L. A. Marzulli opens with the discovery of a giant skeleton in Jerusalem, the ancient remains of the offspring of a fallen angel and a human woman—a Nephilim, and the beginning of a hybrid lineage whose terror is about to be reborn into the modern world.
Marzulli has researched the topic of UFO cults in depth, which became the basis for his the Nephilim trilogy - Zondervan. His research has convinced him that serious spiritual deception is going on, and many people are falling under its spell. He wrote the trilogy to help people understand the spiritual dimensions of the whole UFO phenomenon, which he sees as part of the end times prophesied in The Book of Revelation, The Book of Daniel, and elsewhere in the Bible.
12/14/08 - Tim Swartz, Author of Lost Journals of Nikola Tesla, is Emmy-Award winning television producer/videographer and the author of a several other books. As a photojournalist, he has traveled extensively and investigated paranormal phenomena and other unusual mysteries from such diverse locations as the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the Great Wall in China. Most recently Tim has become the Associate Publisher for Mysteries Magazine. In addition he is the writer and editor of the Internet newsletter Conspiracy Journal; a free, weekly e-mail newsletter, considered essential reading by paranormal researchers worldwide. Plus we bring you some of the audio we got a the Haunted Whisper Estate.
12/06/08 - The Ghostman & Demon Hunter go Live to Whispers Estate with their good friend and support Ho Bonnie Joe! While trying to get the ghosts to talk we talk with Jarret Marshall owner Whispers Estate and Shadows of Indiana Paranormal as they hunt for the ghosts of Whispers.
11/30/08 - Shannon Sylvia has been seen on Paranormal State, Ghost Hunters International, and most recently she can be seen on livescifi.tv. Shannon lives in a haunted condo and has traveled all over the world visiting the most haunted places known to the paranormal world. She has worked with the TAPS investigators and has some great things lined up in the future.
11/23/08 - Laurie Jacobson is a celebrated Hollywood researcher and author who released her fourth book in 2008. Timmy’s in the Well – The Jon Provost Story - Cumberland House celebrates the 50th anniversary of Timmy from the original Lassie TV series. The book is a memoir she co-wrote with Provost, her husband. Prior to Timmy’s in the Well, Laurie published the saucy and inventive Dishing Hollywood - Cumberland, 2nd printing, spilling the beans on 43 Tinseltown scandals – with a pertinent recipe connected to each one. Laurie’s second book, Hollywood Haunted - Angel City Press, 7th printing covers more than 100 years of ghostly goings-on in filmland. Recently, Laurie also made her film debut alongside Oscar-nominee Shirley Knight in Not Fade Away, now in post production. A reformed stand-up comic, Laurie emerged from Harvey Lembeck's Comedy Improv Workshop, where she worked for years with classmates like Robin Williams, John Larroquette and John Ritter. While performing with comedy groups, Laurie immersed herself in studying the history of those who came before her. The stories and interviews she collected during this period became the basis for her debut, archetype book, Hollywood Heartbreak - Simon & Schuster, 3 printings, a 75-year history of Hollywood told through the lives and deaths of 31 people. Following its publication, Laurie emerged as a leading Hollywood historian.
11/16/08 - Gene Lafferty - We are a diverse group of people with expertise ranging in engineering, construction, sales and marketing, photographer, factory workers and other areas. Every one is unique and brings with them their own experiences, beliefs and insight. We conduct investigations into the paranormal in a scientific manner. Our main mission is to seek out suspected haunted locations and to assist those who are experiencing paranormal events. We then search for ‘solid’ evidence of the paranormal and try to determine if the location is haunted. We seek genuine evidence and are sensitive with the presentation of this evidence insuring that it is researched and analyzed before presented to the public. Jarret Marshall is an artist, writer, and manages two world class spas at French lick and West Baden Indiana. He graduated with a fine arts degree from Herron School of Art with an emphasis on Painting and drawing. Jarret moved to New Orleans after graduating where he lived for 6 years. This move greatly impacted his art and the haunted city prepared him for his return to Southern Indiana. He currently owns and operates Whispers Estate in Mitchell, Indiana which has been featured on the Sci-Fi Channel “Children of the Grave”.
11/02/08 - Bishop James Long is a Demonologist and Exorcist and has studied Demonology since I was 9 years old. He is quite busy with blessing homes, visiting those who need spiritual advising and forming seminarians to the priesthood. He is a former college professor and has completed a book on Demonology. The book is called, "Through the Eyes of an Exorcist."
10/26/08 - As the founder and creator of LifesGift, Rick Hayes maintained his apparent abilities privately until early 2002. Raised in a Christian environment, Rick struggled to find answers for his abilities through faith and prayer. In 2002, a dear friend consulted with Rick in regards to a loved-one who was soon moving on with a cancerous disease. With Rick's assistance, the pain of losing a love-one turned to comfort in knowing that life is everlasting. The friend's words changed Rick's life path. With prayer and guidance, LifesGift began its path in March 2003. The foundation of LifesGift is to assist and support Rick's abilities as a Paranormal Communication Consultant, and to create an environment of sharing life's everlasting gift. With a business and marketing plan in place, the LifesGift team continued to focus and soon launched the LifesGift web site in May 2003. With the installment of the LifesGift Message Board, the site experienced an amazing 400% growth in its first fiscal year. Since the launch, the Lifesgift website continues to announce monthly growth.
10/19/08 - Patrick Burns is best known for his staring roll as the paranormal investigator on Tru TV's - formerly Court TV hit series Haunting Evidence, but he was no stranger to the media prior; having been featured on CNN and an Emmy award winning documentary for TBS, among countless other appearances. Burns is also the founder and director of Ghost Hounds - the largest paranormal research network in the southern USA. His paranormal enthusiasts convention GhoStock is held twice annually in Savannah, Georgia and attracts attendees from across the country.
10/12/08 - Bob Carter is best known for his portrayal of camp horror film host Sammy Terry. The format of Carter's Nightmare Theater usually involved the showing of two films. During the commercial breaks, Carter, as "Sammy Terry," would engage in camp banter with the audience and his floating rubber spider, George. This banter often included some commentary on the films being shown, which included classic films. As one of the founding members of SCARED, Brian J. Cano started out as the skeptic. As the show progressed, he became increasingly more receptive of the paranormal. He has taken courses in Astrology, Parapsychology and is certified as an EVP-ITC Technician and Paranormal Investigator. As the resident Parapsychologist he now approaches all investigations with an open mind and is readily willing to accept the truth, no matter where it lies.
09/28/08 - Our thanks to Keith Age and LGHS for having us. What a blast! We were all over the place, but we got to talk to a lot of the paranormal big-wigs and bring you to you some of the really cool talks we had. If you did not get out to the MidSouth you missed a heck of a great time!
09/21/08 - Dr. Barry Taff, formerly with UCLA's parapsychology lab and principal investigator of the now famous "Entity" case has stated that this could very well be the "granddaddy of all hauntings" at least from the perspective of visual evidence captured on both video and film photographs.
Charlie Carlson's claim to fame is being the world's only peace activist army sergeant-major who has published a history book about celery while traveling with a circus! Bitten by the writing bug, which is slightly smaller than a roach, he went on to publish a dozen Florida history books. Behind the intellectual facade, he was a collector of news articles about strange things and loved hearing personal tales of unexplained encounters. His secret fascination with the world of the weird went back to his Florida Cracker grandmother, a medium and genuine communicator for the dead, who could tell some wild ghost stories.
09/07/08 - Brian Wilson Sr. From Children of the Grave. Carolyn Griffiths the founder of Nevada Paranormal Research Group (NPRG) a local Las Vegas group & co-creator/manager of the Paracon 2008. Janice Oberding is author and paranormal research investigator, Janice Oberding has been actively involved in paranormal investigation and research for over 30 years.
08/24/08 - Christopher Balzano is the founder and director of Massachusetts Paranormal Crossroads, an online collection of legends and ghost stories from Massachusetts and the surrounding states. He has been investigating the paranormal for more than ten years and has been writing about those experiences for the past five. Chris Sepulveda is a member of Hickory Paranormal and the Haunted Hickory conference in Hickory North Carolina.
August 17, 2008 - T. Thorn Coyle is a Magic Worker, Mystic, and Pagan. An internationally respected teacher and author, her work focuses on the alchemy that occurs when we open ourselves fully to our humanity in our quest for Divine knowledge. In combining art and science, magic and mystery, body and soul, practice and ecstasy, she has created a unique body of work that has touched the lives of many seekers, artists, activists, parents and other change-makers. A student of the Craft for more than 25 years, she is an initiate of the Feri Tradition (her religious home), Reclaiming, and the Mevlevi Order of America. Thorn combines her esoteric studies, work with her Gods and Guides, and years of practice, to form a teaching that honors the fertile dark and the limitless light. Citing her primary influences as G. I. Gurdjieff and Victor and Cora Anderson, she continues her spiritual studies in many traditions.
August 10, 2008 - Harold Berryman founder of Haunt Analyst (Ghost Hunters of Georgia)We talked about Ghost Hunting Down South and played some of his best EVPs.
August 3, 2008 - "The Professor" Slim King has had an interest in the Supernatural his entire life. He has explored many Paranormal events and conducted hundreds of Psychic and simply Weird experiments. He has written several ebooks about the basics of Numerology, Palmistry, Pendulums, Dreams, Dice, and other strange methods of telling the future. Slim predicted the Belmont Stakes Superfecta just a short while ago. No idea what he will predict NEXT! Hang on to your hats as "The Professor" harnesses the Worlds Paranormal Undercurrents and Broadcasts them Live on the Radio!
July 27, 2008 - Marie D. Jones has been involved with science, metaphysics and the paranormal in one way or another for most of her life, which led to a fascination with quantum physics and the writing of her popular and highly regarded book, PSIence: How New Discoveries In Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena. Marie is also author of 2013: End of Days or a New Beginning Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012.
July 20, 2008 - Ivo Dominguez, Jr. is a visionary, and a practitioner of a variety of esoteric disciplines. He has been active in Wicca and the Pagan community since 1978, has been teaching since 1982. Ivo was a founding member of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first coven of The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel a Wiccan Tradition. He currently serves as one of the Elders of the Assembly of The Sacred Wheel, a Wiccan syncretic tradition that draws inspiration from Astrology, Qabala, the Western Magickal Tradition and the folk religions of Europe.He is the author of Spirit Speak, Castings: The Creation Of Sacred Space, and Beneath The Skins. There are several other books in the pipeline including his long awaited book on the faerie realm and nature spirits.
July 13, 2008 - Wanda Lou Willis is a folklore historian who specializes in Hoosier folktales and historic research. She is the author of Haunted Hoosier Trails and More Haunted Hoosier Trails and soon to be published Ghosthunting Indiana: America's Haunted Roadtrip. She is a former features writer for the Indianapolis Star’s "Seniority Counts" section and contributor to the SouthernIN on-line magazine and the Suite 101 - Folklore site. Currently she writes for Country Roads: Southeastern Indiana's Lifestyle Magazine. Willis also made regular appearances on Fox 59’s Early Morning show and has been on numerous local and international radio shows. - Charlie Carlson is the author of a dozen Florida books, big and small, and over 200 magazine and newspaper articles about Florida ’s past and folklore. He is a member of several historical societies and is a charter member of the Grand Order of Weird Writers of America. He has owned and operated his own traveling circus sideshow and presently has a stage illusion show which plays 12 engagements each year, half of which are for fund raising benefits. Known as Florida ’s Master of the Weird by his readers, Charlie has appeared in numerous television documentaries, including playing the role of Professor Charles Moorehouse in the Curse of the Blair Witch on the SciFi Channel and in Blockbuster’s video, Stix and Stones. He has been featured in documentaries on the History Channel and in several DVD documentaries related to unexplained phenomena and Florida history. He has appeared in two DVD movies, Hunt For the Devil "Spookhunters Films, 2006" and as screenwriter, actor and producer in Henry Blackhart is Dead.
July 6, 2008 - Mike Mcdowell has been investigating the paranormal since 1998. He formed the Indiana Ghost Trackers in August 2000. Since then, has been involved in hundreds of investigations throughout Indiana and other states. Mike does lectures and training classes regularly for IGT. And what is Ghost Walk Production really? We don’t know but this is what they told us: The Order of Ghost Walk is walking into and out of your darkest nightmares. The High Order is a secret organization that spread its shadow beneath the bloody days of the Civil War. It is a central item of the Ghost Walk story and its wings will cover the menace of those who follow its path.
June 29, 2008 - We discuss Frank’s Box with Rosemary Ellen Guiley. We talk about the theory behind the Box, some of her experiences, and play some of the clips she has collected from investigations with the Box. Is it the next step in EVP? Rosemary Ellen Guiley is one of foremost authorities on the paranormal and supernatural. With 31 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. 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 13 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.
June 22, 2008 - Listen in to this years Haunted America Conference hosted by Troy Taylor. Ghostman and Demon Hunter speak with the Ghost Hunting Band Spectramen, Dusty Smith from A Haunting in Florida, Patrick Burns from Haunting Evidence on Tru TV, Becky Ray and Laura Moon from Darker Side of the Moon Radio, Bonnie from Ghostly Talk Radio and author Kenny Biddle from PIRA.
June 15, 2008 - Our friends Ken Biddle and Doug Semig called in and talk with us about ghost hunting, haunted locations and EVPs.
June 8, 2008 - In January 2008, Yvette Kelley started on a new adventure a magazine called Shallow Graves. The debut of the magazine is in a few short days and already Yvette has traveled to England and Florida and has interviewed many stars from the hit CW television show Supernatural as well as director James Zahn from Death Walks the Streets. Sean Kelley became the Editor of the magazine moving from in front of the scenes to behind them, taking his love for creating to a different level and arena.
Larry Flaxman is President and Senior Researcher of ARPAST, the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team.
June 1, 2008 - Dr. William Bradshaw is coming forward to provide an unbiased, no holds- barred look at evil spirits and exorcism and the role they play in our lives. Dr. Bradshaw is the author of the new thriller, Sinister Among Us -- which reveals the complexities of demon possession and exorcism directly taken from real-life circumstances, scholarly research, and personal knowledge. He is an ordained minister and one of the only Americans to receive a Ph.D. in demonology from an accredited university.
Casey Hopkins had an online presence from 1994 through 2001 with The Cabinet of Dr. Casey - a site dedicated to the horror genre. Aside from his interest in the horror genre, Casey has always been an avid traveler to dark and mysterious places to explore the stories firsthand. After bringing the site back up as TheCabinet.com in 2006, he teamed up with former contributor Tom Gleason to open a section of the site dedicated to mysterious and macabre travels. Dark Destinations opened in August of 2007 and is quickly growing a following for its vast array of topics and information.
May 25, 2008 - With some of our best shows from 2007. With guests Jeff Belanger of Ghostvillage.com, Marie D. Jones, Cassandra Peterson AKA Elvira, and Mark and Mark of Weird U.S.
May 11, 2008 - Keith Age has over 30 years of experience in paranormal research. He is the Founder and President of the Louisville Ghost Hunters Society which was formed in 1996. He was the host of Spooked on the Sci-Fi Channel. At present Keith Age is anticipating the Sci-Fi Channel’s airing of the ongoing epic reality documentary series Children of the Grave where he is host and Associate Producer with Spooked TV Productions.
Greg Myers 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.
May 4, 2008 - Donna Jackson, Master Psychic Counselor has over 39 years experience and as a previous certified psychic with the American Association of Professional Psychics. She uses Tarot, psychometry, as well as dream interpretation. Her group Voices from Beyond, works with G.H.O.S.T. - Ghost Hunters Offering Supernatural Tactics
April 27, 2008 - Loyd Auerbach, Director of the Office of Paranormal Investigations and author of A PARANORMAL CASEBOOK: Ghost Hunting in the New Millennium. Mariann Inman became a paranormal investigator when she was interested in learning how to do an investigation for her employer. She soon joined her first paranormal group. Her first investigation was an over night at an old haunted mission near Santa Barbara, Ca. Now she is co-founder of Channel Islands Ghost Trackers in Ventura County, Ca
April 20, 2008 - Kalila Smith was born and raised in New Orleans. She personally researched and wrote the material featured on Haunted History Tours of New Orleans' Ghost, Vampire and Spellbound tours. She is the author of New Orleans Ghosts, Voodoo and Vampires, Searching for Spirits, and Miami Ghosts, Legends and Mysteries. Stacey Allen McGee, the founder and National Director of The ARC. Alternate Realties Center. A not for profit paranormal research organization based in Northeast Tennessee and has been conducting studies of the Southern Appalachian Mountain Region of the United States, including Upper East Tennessee and the Southwest Virginia Highlands since before the very first Season Premier of the X Files when the organization was founded in February of 1994.
April 13, 2008 - Jason Gowin began his actual trek into the unknown back in the fall of 1998 with the infamous paranormal investigation group Ghost Hunters, Incorporated, where he spent the better part of 10 years causing chaos wherever and whenever they could. Upon meeting George Lutz, the man who was the basis for the Amityville Horror book and movies. Nick Redfern is the author of many books on the paranormal and the unexplained, including Memoirs of a Monster Hunter.
April 6, 2008 - G&D Talk with Garry Joseph author of Cape Encounters and Dan Gordon author of Haunted Baseball.
March 30, 2008 - G&D talk with Jeffery Stewart who in 2004 founded the Paranormal Investigators of New England and James Snell, part of our Bigfoot Response Team for Searching for Bigfoot Inc. He is also the Director and founder of Granite State Paranormal.
March 23, 2008 - Ghostman & Demon Hunter talk with Mark Nesbitt of Ghosts of Gettysburg and Ghosts of Fredericksburg. 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. He started the Ghost of Gettysburg Tours that has began a ghost tour boom in the area and has written several books on ghost stories in Gettysburg, and ghost hunting guide books for the battlegrounds. But first they talk ghost hunting with Adrian Scalf of RVPRI. Always a hardcore skeptic, Adrian found it hard to believe the claims his wife was making that they lived in a haunted house. One night they came across something he could not explain away and he could not deny it anymore. That was in early 2000 and it started him down this strange pathway. After chasing a shadow around their house to find out that it wasn't a person after all he decided, along with his wife to start River Valley Paranormal Research and Investigations.
March 9, 2008 - G&D talk with Stanton Friedman - Often referred to as the "Father of Roswell," Stan was the first to investigate the incident beginning in 1978. He is the man who brought the story to the public's attention, and out from under the government's lid of secrecy.
Stan has been investigating UFO incidents and reports since the mid 1950s, and went to it full time in 1970. In my opinion Stan is one of, if not THE most knowledgeable, respected, and credible people in all of Ufology.
March 2, 2008 - G&D were at the Dead of Winter Film Festival in Decatur, Illinois. They saw some great films, talked to some cool people and brought it all back for you. Join authors Troy Taylor & Luke Naliborski from the American Ghost Society for the first-ever Dead of Winter Film Festival -- our 9th Annual "Dead of Winter" Event in March 2008! Come and experience the best in independent films on ghosts, hauntings and the supernatural! Spend the day at the haunted Lincoln Theater; see some of the best independent documentaries of the year; meet the film makers; take part in question and answer sessions; join us for ghost hunts of the spook-infested theater; and much more!
February 24, 2008 - G&D talk with Steve Cook: When he first penned the lyrics to "The Legend" in 1987, he had no idea the monster he was creating. While originally produced as an April Fool's joke, the story of the cyclical appearances of a half-man, half dog creature in the northern wilderness struck a chord with listeners. They also talk to Juli Velazquez, CEO of On-Line Productions, Inc. (Paranormal Underworld), President & Founder of I.S.P.I. (International Society of Paranormal Investigators.)
February 17, 2008 - G&D are joined by Kenneth Deel who is a Demonologist, Spiritual Warfare Counselor, and often a Catholic faith adviser, as he has over 28 years of research / experience on the topics, with his first experience occurring when he was about seven years old. He is near completion of his book: ”The realm of the Demonic”: A comprehensive guide to the Demonic haunt”, which should be in print by 2009. Plus the Ghostly Talk Radio Crew. Music by Jason Hart.
February 10, 2008 - Ghostman & Demon Hunter talk with author Troy Taylor, Rev. Daniel Garguillio and are joined by the Doug S, Bonnie Joe, and Scott L. of Ghostly Talk.
January 27, 2008 - Joanne Austin & Ryan Doan - Joanne Austin author of Weird Hauntings. Ryan Doan is an editor and the Production Associate for Weird NJ. Jackie Ganiy is the founder of S.P.I.R.I.T (Sonoma Paranormal Independent Research Investigative Team).
January 20, 2008 - Paul Robinson & Kenny Biddle - Paul Robinson is the owner of EZ Productions. He is orginally from Cardiff in Wales and has worked in television for the last eight years. After working on several documentary projects for the stations he worked for, Paul decided to form EZ Productions and pursue the projects he wanted to make.
Kenny Biddle's objective and that of the Paranormal Investigators & Research Association is, simply put...to investigate and research claims of paranormal activity.
January 13, 2008 - Ryan O’Neill & John Milor - Ryan O'Neill is 29 years old and lives in the Kingdom of Fife on the east coast of Scotland. He is the founder of Scottish Paranormal, one of many paranormal investigation groups operating in the UK and which he works on full time along with various international projects which include International Paranormal Investigators (IPI).
John Milor is an author of several books, and radio talk show guest for numerous programs, including the Art Bell show. His interest in paranormal phenomenon began at the age of five after hearing his great grandmother's tale of seeing a UFO hovering over the plains of Kentucky during broad daylight, shortly following the turn of the century. This story, as well as numerous otherworldly encounters of his own, fueled his quest of the unknown.
January 6, 2008 - Ken Melvoin-Berg or Psychicken - Ken Melvoin-Berg has been a professional Psychic Detective and ghost investigator for 20 years now. His psychic ability is clairsentience, or the ability to detect energies or ghosts around which you cannot see with our 5 senses. Currently Ken investigates the ghosts, demons and paranormal along with Troy Taylor (yes "The" Troy Taylor!) and Adam Selzer. Together they also own Weird Chicago tours. Adam and Ken also do a Podcast called "Weird Chicago" at iTunes.
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The Ghostman—Shaun Burris, a blue collar ghost hunter for over 10 years and Nathan Schoonover—AKA the Demon Hunter, a paranormal investigator and counselor for almost 15 years, wanted to bring you two things: the big names in the paranormal community the way they got to see them behind the scenes, and the groups and investigators out there in the paranormal trenches. Thus the Shock Jocks of the supernatural were born. 