A childhood love of music led Eric Mintel to a decades-long career as a professional jazz musician. As the leader of a quartet that bears his name, Eric has taken the stage at some of the world’s most prestigious venues, and his audiences have included not one but two U.S. presidents. Considering the other, more controversial side of himself—a paranormal investigator who plumbs the depths of hauntings, cryptid sightings, and other unexplained phenomena—he seems like a character plucked from a work of fiction. He goes into each investigation with a healthy dose of skepticism, but he has seen, heard, and experienced some strange things that have left him … well, a little freaked out.