5 Reasons Your Home May Be Haunted

As a paranormal investigator, one of the first questions I'm asked is, "How did the ghost get here?" The answer isn't as simple as it sounds—it requires asking a lot of questions of the homeowner and conducting hours of research. However, it's been my experience that there are generally five reasons why a ghost takes up residence in a home. The Ghost Is Attached to the House.Many times previous owners of a home will come back to the home after death. Normally when this happens a lot of paranormal activity will occur in the house. The ghost is could be confused and, in some cases, frustrated because strangers are living in "their" home. This type of ghost may have come back to the ...

Ghosts or Demons?

If you hunt ghosts long enough, you'll eventually run into this situation: a client who believes his or her home is under demonic assault. It's always a tricky situation, and it's always difficult to bring a resolution to these cases. More often than not, what you will be dealing with is a simple haunting—though this may not be evident at first look. You will have to go past the religious leanings, the paranoia, and (possibly) the hysteria that's typically clouding an otherwise manageable case. So, why do people often believe they are experiencing demonic infestation? Well, there are a couple reasons for this. The first is often the religious beliefs of the household. If the ...

The Sallie House Haunting: Physical Manifestations of Non-Physical Forces

Have you ever seen The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, or other movies of that nature? Now imagine putting yourself in those roles and ask yourself, "How would I survive? Who would I turn to and trust with my deepest concerns and fears? Who, if anyone, would stand beside me through it all?" Growing up I was always interested in the paranormal, and hoped to one day have an experience of my own. I suppose this is definitely a case of "be careful for what you wish for." I had no idea that evil could physically reach out from another realm, draw blood, and jeopardize your belief system and the safety of your family. I had no idea that a person could be terrorized to the extent they feel ...

Hunting Ghosts with Paranormal State

I met Ryan Buell, the director of the Paranormal Research Society, a ghost-hunting team whose adventures are chronicled on A&E's hit series Paranormal State, at Univ-Con, a national paranormal convention held in State College, Pennsylvania, the home of PRS. I was at Univ-Con at the request of Eilfie Music, another member of the Paranormal Research Society. Eilfie is the team's occult expert and a practicing Pagan. She was familiar with some of my works, including The Psychic Vampire Codex. In the course of my time at Univ-Con that year, I had a chance to get to know Ryan, and he had a chance to learn about me. At the same time, I got the opportunity to talk at length with Eilfie, ...