Skeptic or a Believer?
Most of you reading this blog probably think I'm a believer in the paranormal. And you would be right. As I mentioned in my very first post, my father believed in what many now call New Age or...
View ArticleThe Star of India
Not all of my experiences with the paranormal are visual.Last summer, when I visited San Diego, I brought along a friend who is a sensitive and is able to connect with spirit people. I guess that would...
View ArticleThe Accidental Ghost Hunter's Review of Ghost Adventures
There's a new kid on the block, or at least in cable TV shows about ghost hunting and the paranormal. It's called Ghost Adventures, and it airs on the Travel Channel just before Most Haunted.This show...
View ArticlePsychiatrists -- Modern Day Witch Hunters
The other evening as I was listening to Coast to Coast AM, George Noorey was interviewing psychiatrist Dr. Diane Powell who was discussing her new book, The ESP Enigma. I was absolutely flabbergasted...
View ArticleMore Strange Happenings in the Bird Cage Theater, Tombstone, Arizona
After spending so much time in Tombstone signing my books and doing my storytelling presentations I'm seriously beginning to wonder if some of the spirit people down there are getting to know me....
View ArticleHow Did I Miss This Orb?
I don't know how this one slipped by...This photo was taken back in 2006. I was doing a performance of my living history character, "The Tombstone Storyteller," for a YMCA convention in Phoenix,...
View ArticleSwamper Ghost - Tombstone, Arizona
When I wrote Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Luke and Jenny Visit Tombstone I decided to include the Swamper as one of my characters because local legend has it that he is one of the town ghosts.The...
View ArticleRelocating Cemetaries
This morning as I was browsing my local news on-line this morning I came across a rather interesting story from one of the local Phoenix television stations. It seems this Saturday the remains of 61 US...
View ArticleGhost Adventurers at the Bird Cage Theater
My friends and I are all looking forward to seeing the Ghost Adventurers at the Bird Cage this coming Friday. When they showed the full preview at the end of last week's show it included a nice head...
View ArticleThe Accidental Ghost Hunter's Review of Ghost Adventures at the Bird Cage
Prior to this show airing some of the locals in Tombstone had told me they didn't much care for the three young men on Ghost Adventures, and now that I've seen it I can certainly understand why. If...
View ArticleMusical Ghosts?
I was searching for another file on my hard drive and came across this little oddity...This photo was taken in Avondale, Arizona, at a Western movie studio. A small, privately owned filmed studio,...
View ArticleHorse and Rider Ghosts?
Today's post is courtesy of guest blogger Cindy Smith."This is the horse and rider photograph I took at the Stockyards in Fort Worth a couple years ago. It was taken with a digital camera sometime...
View ArticleThe Accidental Ghost Hunter's Review of Ghostly Encounters
Ghostly Encounters is an interesting little show that's been showing on the Biography cable network for the past few years. It comes from Canada, and it's hosted by a very pleasant young man, Lawrence...
View ArticleGettysburg Ghosts
This post is courtesy of guest blogger Rick Fritz."I never intended to be a ghost hunter. I moved to Carlisle Pa, when I took a job at Harrisburg Community College. Carlisle is 27 miles from...
View ArticleTucson Depot Orb
One of my friends and fellow Tombstone Vigilante members, Tom Carter, gave me his permission to post this photo.A few years ago the Tucson railroad depot underwent a major renovation and Tom took a few...
View ArticleWhere To Go For Help
As an accidental ghost hunter people will sometimes ask me where to go for help. Strange and frightening things may be happening in their homes or workplaces and, in some instances, their children may...
View ArticleThe Accidental Ghost Hunter's Review of Ghost Hunters Academy
When I first saw the previews for this new entry from Ghost Hunters I really thought I was going to hate it. It looked trite. So I tuned in the first episode, not expecting much, and I found myself...
View ArticleBook Signing Ghost? Not Exactly
I spent the past weekend in Tombstone doing a book signing at the annual Vigilante Days event.I'm now in a new location for my book signings. The owner of Doc Holliday's Emporium, at 6th and Allen...
View ArticleIs This an Orb? No.
Yes, the Accidental Ghost Hunter is alive and well, but the economic reality of the times has sharply curtailed my travel budget, so I'm not traveling historic places as often as I once was.That said,...
View ArticleWhy Do Ghost Hunters Only Work in the Dark?
Excellent article on Salon.com called Why real-rife ghost hunters hate "Ghost Hunters." The author brings up a point that I've never quite understood myself, and that is why do all those reality TV...
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