America's Most Haunted

America's Most Haunted Radio talks with THE AFTERLIFE FILES creator Todd Moster.

An effort to mount one of the most ambitious and decisive scientific explorations of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) launched January 28 on crowd-funding website Kickstarter.com.

THE AFTERLIFE FILES aspires to be a combined scientific expedition and 13-episode TV series designed to get to the bottom of EVP claims. Featuring a collaboration of experienced EVP researchers, skeptics, mainstream scientists, and families seeking contact with departed loved ones, the series will document a landmark effort to solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time.

The Kickstarter project is wildly ambitious at $500k and only 40 days long, but "there are a lot of people out there who are fascinated by this subject. If we can reach them and get them to back us with a contribution that's comfortable for them - it could be just $10, $50, $100 or more - we may be able to go into production as early as April," says Moster, a  trial attorney and well known executive recruiter in the legal profession, who also created the EVP short documentary BREAKING THE BARRIER.

AMHRadio is hosted by Eric Olsen and "Haunted Housewife" Theresa Argie.

America's Most Haunted Radio talks with writer/director CHRIS SPARLING about the making of fascinating faux-documentary possession movie THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE.

Anchor Bay Entertainment presents disturbing horror thriller THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE, from producer of THE CONJURING Peter Safran, released January 20st, 2015. Written and directed by Chris Sparling (BURIED) in his directorial debut, THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE stars Rya Khilstedt (DEXTER), William Mapother (LOST, THE GRUDGE), Harry Groener (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), John Rubenstein (ANGEL) and Sharon Maughan (THE BANK JOB).

Dr. Henry West founded The Atticus Institute in the early 1970s to test individuals expressing extrasensory abilities: E.S.P., clairvoyance, psychokinesis, etc. Despite witnessing noteworthy cases, nothing could have prepared Dr. West and his colleagues for Judith Winstead. She outperformed every subject they had ever studied – soon gaining the attention of the U.S. Department of Defense, who subsequently took control of the research facility. The more experiments they conducted on Judith, the clearer it became that her abilities were the manifestation of evil forces within her - there are powers that exist in this world that simply cannot be controlled.

Chris Sparling is from Providence, Rhode Island. He wrote the 2010 film BURIED, for which he won "Best Original Screenplay" from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, as well as a Goya Award from the Spanish Academy of Cinematic Art and Sciences. His Black List script, ATM, was produced by Gold Circle Films and released by IFC in 2012. His most recent script, SEA OF TREES,starring Matthew McConaughey and directed by Gus Van Sant will be released in 2015.

The Haunted Housewives -- Theresa Argie and Cathi Weber -- have become one of the leading paranormal investigation teams in the country, contributing their ghostly adventures to the America's Most Haunted book, of which Theresa is co-author with Eric Olsen; leading a number of fundraisers for worthy historic locations; and winning their episode of paranormal competition show Paranormal Challenge.

Theresa and Cathi (Willoughby Ghost Walk, Haunted Willoughby) are two independent, creative women who look beyond what convention might dictate in the ever changing world of paranormal investigation. They delve deeply into the history that shapes the situation that leads to the haunting. They are known to operate outside the realm of what is currently popular or acceptable while applying their own distinctive investigative techniques. Applying many combined years of experience, they listen carefully as you chronicle your current situation, diligently research your historic and present day property, expertly investigate your paranormal claims and activity, and pursue a creative solution when requested.

In the episode we discuss Haunted Housewives investigations chronicled in America's Most Haunted book including Ohio State Reformatory, Waverly Hills Asylum, Lemp Mansion, Willoughby Coal, Knickerbocker Hotel; and their recently completed fundraising season at Painesville Depot, Greenwood Farm, Lake County History Center, and Para-Ex 2014.

On this week's episode of America's Most Haunted Radio, we talk with haunted music pioneers Midnight Syndicate.

For almost two decades, Northeast Ohio-native composers Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka have been known as Midnight Syndicate, creating symphonic soundtracks to imaginary films that facilitate a transcendental and adventurous escape into the secret dimensions of the mind's eye.

To many of their fans, they are gothic music pioneers brewing a signature blend of orchestral horror music and movie-style sound effects. To others, they remain the first "haunted house band" that forever changed the Halloween music genre and became a staple of the October holiday season.

After seventeen years, fourteen studio albums, three soundtracks, and a motion picture, for the recently completed 2014 Halloween season, Midnight Syndicate teamed up with the world famous amusement park, Cedar Point, to launch their first live performances. Midnight Syndicate Live! Legacy of Shadows -- a multimedia horror-themed concert blending live music, theatre, and film -- ran weekends at Cedar Point's 18th annual HalloWeekends event.

The multimedia horror music concert was called "top-notch and ambitious," "brilliant and artistically creative," and "a must see" by audiences and press alike. "We couldn't be happier with how the show came together," said Edward Douglas, "The response and entire experience has been amazing."

On this week's episode of America's Most Haunted Radio, we talk with top-tier psychic Laura Lyn; Eric and Theresa discuss overwhelming media and reader response to America's Most Haunted book, published 9/30 by Berkly/Penguin; and Theresa details Haunted Housewives November ghost hunt/benefits.

Laura Lyn is a renowned Northeast Ohio-based psychic medium, paranormal investigator, teacher and author, who works primarily with angels, spirits and guides. She first began having experiences with angels and spirits as a small child.  In her early twenties she decided to pursue working with these enlightened beings as a career to help others in their search for healing and personal development.

Laura’s focus is to bring forth the awareness of healing through love, while teaching many how to open up to their own spiritual potential. She has published three books, Healing with the Angel Rays, The ABC’s of Psychic Development, and Realm to Realm the Spirits Journey.

Laura takes her amazing Meet the Medium show to the Kent Stage, Wednesday, November 19, at 7pm, where she will demonstrate various reading techniques and explain how they work, in addition to leading a ghost hunt through the the famously haunted Kent Stage theater after the show. Eric has the honor of MCing!

 

Near-death experiences may be the closest we ever come to knowing what exists on the “other side.” Many of those who have seen the white light say they returned to life with a new sensitivity to the spirit world, and many believe that people who are sensitive enough can glimpse or even enter places – portals – that bridge our realm with the hereafter.

In the all-new series GHOST STALKERS, produced for Destination America by Ghost Adventures’ Nick Groff, two men who have crossed over explore American locations that are rumored to house doorways to another dimension.

Actor Chad Lindberg, best known for his roles in the Fast and the Furious, October Sky, and Supernatural, nearly died at seven-years old and has since possessed a sensitivity to paranormal activity. Renowned paranormal expert, author, and investigator John E.L. Tenney was brought back from the dead at age 17 and has dedicated his career to learning more about what’s beyond the white light.

The six-episode first season of GHOST STALKERS premiered Sunday, October 19 and now airs at 10pE/9C on Thursdays.

On May 31, 2014, SLENDERMAN went from fictional Internet meme to household word when two 12 year-old Wisconsin girls lured a friend into the woods and stabbed her 19 times in an effort to earn the favor of the faceless, elongated, dark-suited figure. A few days later, an emotionally disturbed 13 year-old girl near Cincinnati attacked her mother with a knife in their kitchen in the guise of Slenderman.

These real life homages are all the more disturbing because the creation of the character is readily traceable to writer Eric "Victor Surge" Knudsen on the "Something Awful" Internet forum in 2009. But as the most powerful memes do, this one seeped into the very fiber of online culture to the extent that five years later young girls were willing to kill for it.

Interestingly, AMHRadio was ahead of the Slenderman Zeitgeist. On the March 11, 2014 episode with documentary filmmakers JOSH ZEMAN and RACHEL MILLS, whose urban legend films CROPSEY and KILLER LEGENDS expose the terrifying truths behind the myths, we discussed the the Slenderman meme, with Zeman uniquely declaring the character to be the very personification of the Internet.

Now Zeman and Mills return to discuss developments in the Slenderman saga and what may lie ahead.

Now available on DVD, VOD & SHOWTIME, bitingly satirical feminist horror/comedy CHASTITY BITES is as clever as its title.

Joining us to talk blood and abstinence are the film's writer/producer LOTTI PHARRISS KNOWLES, director JOHN V. KNOWLES, and co-star, Countess Elizabeth Bathory herself, LOUISE GRIFFITHS.

In the 1600's, Countess Elizabeth Bathory slaughtered more than 600 young women, believing that if she bathed in the blood of virgins she would stay young and beautiful forever. Still alive today, she's found a perfect hunting ground as an abstinence educator in conservative America, and the young ladies of San Griento High are poised to be her next victims. But will her unholy ritual finally be stopped by Leah Ratliff (Allison Scagliotti), feminist blogger and ambitious reporter for the school paper?

Louise Griffiths made her 2006 film debut in '06 horror movie THE DEVIL'S CHAIR, booked her first lead role in dark comedy THE REVENANT, and appeared in ALL'S FAIRE IN LOVE, starring Christina Ricci and Matthew Lillard. She's also recognized from viral ad campaign for Axe shower gel co-starring Jaime Pressly, Axe Cleans Your Balls.

Lotti Pharriss Knowles co-produced HBO Documentary Films’ VITO, produced feature I AM DIVINE, and award-winning shorts SHADOW.NET and WEAK SPECIES. Her original screenplay for CHASTITY BITES was a semi-finalist in the Acclaim Film & Television Screenwriting Competition.

John V. Knowles directed techno-thriller short SHADOW.NET, based on a WIRED Magazine article about the underground world of Internet movie piracy. He formed Weirdsmobile Productions in 2005 with wife and producing partner, Lotti. In 2011 he formed Conceptive, Inc. to create broadcast-quality branded entertainment for the web.

CONTACT In the DESERT has become the must-attend event for the worldwide UFO community, with said community converging on the Joshua Tree Retreat Center from August 8–11, 2014. This, the second annual CITD, will explore UFO technology, ancient aliens, human origins, and the need to know with dozens of leading scientific and military experts, researchers and theorists.

CONTACT In the DESERT is also exquisitely timed to coincide with the Perseids Meteor Shower, which will appear to "rain" into the majestic desert sky from the constellation Perseus rising in the northeast at around 11pm every night of the show, offering a fantastic viewing experience.

Award winning investigative journalist and best-selling author JIM MARRS will speak on topics addressed in his latest book, OUR OCCULTED HISTORY. Do the global elite conceal ancient aliens? Addressing the omissions and distortions in history - from the strange Starchild skull to the exact location of Atlantis, to the genesis of RH-negative blood types and the powerful families of the black nobility - no stone is left unturned.

Dr. Lynne Kitei is an internationally acclaimed physician, health educator and broadcaster who pushed aside her successful medical career to pursue THE PHOENIX LIGHTS book and award-winning documentary project. The 1997 mass UFO sightings known worldwide as the “Phoenix Lights” has been hailed as the most witnessed, documented, and important anomalous aerial event in modern history featuring a parade of silent mile-wide V formations of orbs and nine different craft, witnessed by over 10,000 people for over 12 hours.

What's it like to renovate a haunted "castle"? That's what award winning documentary THE CASTLE PROJECT is all about.

The historic Croke-Patterson Mansion in Denver has long been rumored to be haunted by the cries of disembodied infants. The original owner built the Chateauesque home in 1891 and lived there for six months before falling victim to the Silver Crash of 1893. Ill fortune visited subsequent owners during the 120-year-long history of the house as they experienced otherworldly phenomena that included apparitions, whispering voices, peculiar odors, failed exorcisms and guard dogs jumping through windows to their death.

When architect Brian Higgins and partners purchased the home for renovation, they were skeptical about its tragic past. But soon workers began to experience sightings of ghostly children, unusual temperature changes and whispering voices. Workers fell ill and one team member died while an unexplained fire threatened the project’s completion.

Paranormal investigators were brought in and they identify several generations of spirits who remained trapped in the house. Higgins had the foresight to begin filming, and after several hair-raising nights spent alone in the building, he began to wonder if there was a reason why souls never checked out at the Croke-Patterson Mansion.

Brian Higgins (Director / Producer) is an award winning architect, filmmaker and Emmy nominated television host and cinematographer. Born and raised in Denver, he rediscovered the Croke Patterson Mansion, bought it, designed the renovation and now owns the hotel. He recognized the opportunity for filming a documentary and THE CASTLE PROJECT was born.