Where did I go? These were the last words spoken by Ellen O’Donovan McNamara after plunging to her death at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, WA on August 18th, 1920. It is also believed that Ellen is one of the lost spirits that haunt the Davenport. Many have speculated that her death may have been …
For those who wish to check out some of our EVP captures, as well as video footage, we do have a channel at YouTube: API YouTube Channel
Ghosts in the Hills: The History and Haunts of Quail Run Ranch. Publication date is set for October 28th, 2019. Rich in history, the property that Quail Run Ranch sits on can be traced to back before the arrival of the first Europeans. Originally the lands of the native Tongva people, it eventually became the …
My article entitled Trona – Murder House? was cause of a recent storm of protests and angry comments. People in the town of Trona were not happy about this Urban Legend of a beheaded body being shared on the internet. They insisted it wasn’t true. Others insisted it was. Many Urban Legends have some basis …
I watch a lot of shows about the paranormal. Some I watch because I think the investigators are actually doing a great job, and others I watch just to see the locations they are at. And then there are one or two I watch because it is like a train wreck I can’t take my …
Can dogs really sense a paranormal presence?
Those staid and proper Victorians found strange ways to deal with their repressive societal mores!
Think you have a haunting? Read some of the ways that a haunting manifests.
Ravensworth Castle now crumbles away into ruin, but at one time a little girl named Alice Pleasance Liddell cavorted in its halls. This was the family home of the real Alice in Wonderland.
Voices captured on digital and analog.
A former militia headquarters with some patriotic ghosts still hanging around.
Exploring the “gay ghost” legend of the R.M. Walker/Houdini Mansion.
Putting Ghost Radar to the test. Check out the results!
Victorian Manor with a fascinating history and some very active “ghosts.”
During the years I lived in the UK I became very good friends with Darren W. Ritson, a paranormal investigator and book author. Now, he is being featured in a series of interviews, which I am pleased to share with you! The first interview featured is about his best selling book, The South Shields Poltergeist. … Continue reading
Investigation conducted with the BBC Inside Out film crew. This show aired on 30 October 2006. The API Team would like to extend a warm “Thank You” to Anna Nolan, our show presenter, Andy Smythe, the producer, Steve Paton, camera, Mike Riley, sound and Chris Middis, assistant. What a great crew to work with! I … Continue reading
Back in the hills of Santa Susana/Simi Valley sits an old house built between the years 1910 to 1912. Research is still ongoing to find out who the original builder was. In 2012 I became friends with this remarkable woman named Marie Keuterickx, also known by her artist name of “Malia,” which, according to her … Continue reading
Growing up in Simi Valley, California I was used to the many weird and wonderful “oddities” that gave my neck of the woods its intriguing history. Most know of my town due to the proximity of Spahn Ranch, where the infamous Charles Manson and his cult of followers hung out. We were also known for … Continue reading
While searching for North Idaho ghosts stories and urban legends I came across a story claiming that the former Farragut Naval Training Station has one of the scariest hauntings in Idaho. It supposedly centers around a German POW who died while being interrogated in The Brig. I doubt the validity if this story as, generally, … Continue reading
As mentioned in the previous post about Trona and the Charles Manson Connection, there was also another debate between two of my readers regarding Germans. One claims that a busload of German tourists headed to Death Valley mysteriously disappeared for three years, and was finally found when a motorist drove over a small cliff in … Continue reading
A debate going on between two of my readers has again thrown Trona into the spotlight on my blog/website. This is the first of two subjects being discussed. The second will follow in another post. Two members of Manson’s clan actually had connections to the area, Catherine “Cappy” Gillies and Brooks Ramsey Poston. Doris Bray, … Continue reading
I have removed this book from Amazon and will be independently publishing it through Barnes & Nobel as both hard copy and digital versions. Continue reading
My Uncle Larry had passed away under mysterious, circumstances on April 17, 2002 and I’ll never forget it. After he passed, I started seeing him in my garage thru the window looking into the garage, built into this door. It wasn’t the first place I saw him either. Right after he passed, my mom wanted … Continue reading
I had just finished 5th grade, and was hanging with the wrong crowd when I was introduced to something. I was taught to play a game, with sinister results, that still haunt me til this day and that game was Bloody Mary. At first, when I called her name in my bathroom, nothing happened but … Continue reading
