Plagiarism disgusts me.  There’s no excuse for it.

So, I was disappointed and annoyed when I found one of my original stories on page 148 of the Everything Ghost Hunting Book.

It’s the Colby-Sawyer ghosts story, and it’s an entire section in Ms. Ellis’ book.

It’s written as if the author — [...]

Though scams and con artists are relatively rare in this field, they do exist.

Recently, a new problem has emerged, and it’s related to publishing.

This came to my attention a few months ago, when an associate mentioned that he’d paid someone to publish his book.  However, the book was [...]

Sometimes, being a paranormal researcher is tremendous fun.  Sometimes, it’s not.

In general, the research community — beginners and pros — are bright, wonderful, interesting people.  Many of my closest friends are people I met through ghost hunting.

At every event I attend, I meet great researchers, and every one has an important question or [...]

People continue to ask me if certain ghost hunting TV shows and movies are real or just entertainment.

Are the Ghost Hunters fake? I replied to that about a year ago, in my article, Ghost Hunters TV show – fake? Nothing since then has changed my mind. Is Extreme Paranormal fake? I supposed that [...]

I rarely watch ghost-related TV shows.  They’re entertainment. They’re produced, edited, and sometimes scripted to convey something about hauntings, in a way that will capture the viewers’ attention and (hopefully) loyalty.

Most shows don’t represent what ghost investigations are really like. Even the live/event shows are clearly staged and far more fast-paced than what goes [...]