Meeting the Ghost Hunters

Recently I had the chance to meet Grant Wilson and Jason Hawes, the founders of The Atlantic Paranormal Society or TAPS. TAPS is the focus of the hugely popular show Ghost Hunters on the Sci Fi channel. The success of the show is due largely to TAPS' no-nonsense, scientific, down to earth approach to paranormal investigation which stresses scientific method and audio and video evidence over intuitive feelings or questionable science in determining whether a place has genuine paranormal activity going on. More than 80% of the cases that TAPS investigates are debunked, or proven to have no paranormal activity. The other factor that has led to the success of the show is the personalities of the TAPS investigators led by Jason and Grant. Jason and Grant are best friends, plumbers, and very down to earth guys who have been conducting paranormal investigations for nearly twenty years. They have worked with the Catholic church, politicians, and other well known groups and have investigated claims of paranormal activity in some famous places.

Recently I had the chance to attend a presentation given by Jason and Grant at Harper College in Illinois and to meet them after the presentation. I would say that I'm skeptic of claims of paranormal activity which is why I really like the scientific approach that TAPS uses when investigating paranormal claims and I was very excited to get the chance to see and hear some of the evidence that has TAPS collected and talk with Jason and Grant. The event sold out a week before the actual talk, and when I arrived at the venue the place was already packed. There were hundreds of people waiting to see Jason and Grant.