Patrick Burns (paranormal investigator)

Patrick Burns (paranormal investigator)

Infobox Paranormalpeople1
Class = Paranormal Researcher


Image_Caption = Patrick Burns, c. 2003
Name = Patrick Burns
Born = Birth date and age|1968|9|29|mf=y
Blocation = Highland Park, Illinois
Died =
Dlocation =
Phd =
Djob = Television presenter
Pjob = Paranormal Investigator
Affiliates = Ghosthounds.com,
Ghostock|

Patrick Burns (born 1968) is an American paranormal investigator, best known as star of the TruTV (formerly Court TV) series "Haunting Evidence". He is the founder of the popular website [http://www.ghosthounds.com Ghost Hounds] , which in 2001 was featured in an Emmy award-winning Turner documentary "Interact Atlanta - 'Ghost Hounds'". Burns is also the organizer and director of Ghostock, a paranormal investigators convention held twice annually in Savannah, Georgia and is a professional photographer through Patrick Burns Photography.

Biography

Burns was born September 29, 1968, the youngest of four boys, in Highland Park, Illinois and grew up in Cary, Illinois, where he graduated Cary-Grove Community High School in 1987.

Burns says that he had an uneventful childhood, with no exposure to paranormal activities, aside from what he read in books, until he was 18, at which time he began observing unusual phenomena. Several years later, while living in northern Wisconsin, he heard from some friends about the "Paulding Spook Light" that appears nightly on a desolate road near the town of Watersmeet, Michigan in the upper peninsula region. Burns states that he briefly investigated, and quickly determined that it was being caused by distant car headlights and tail lights - the highway wrapped around and was exposed through the trees where it crossed a hill about 5 miles away, however the encounter was inspiration to pursue a career as a paranormal investigator.

Burns is a frequent speaker at Dragon*Con, and goes by the handle Ghostgeek in the paranormal community. He currently lives in Atlanta with his wife Pam and their two sons.

References

* [http://www.theunexplained.net/haunting_evidence.htm Review of "Haunting Evidence"]
* [http://www.ghosthounds.com/press/print/ajc10-31-05.pdf "Ghost hunter lured by spectral voice", October 31, 2005, "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"]
* [http://www.ghosthounds.com/press/print/gdp10-31-03.htm "Ghost Hounds dig up stories behind some local hauntings", October 31, 2003, "Gwinnett Daily Post"]
* [http://www.ghosthounds.com/press/print/mno10-30-05.pdf "Ghost Hounds focus on Centenary home", October 30'th, 2005, "Florence Morning News"]
* [http://www.ghosthounds.com/press/print/nro-10-31-03.htm "Ghosts on Speed Dial", October 31'st, 2003, "National Review Online"]
* [http://www.ghosthounds.com/press/print/abh-10-31-04.htm "Ghost Hunt", October 31'st, 2004, "Athens Banner-Herald"]
* [http://www.ghosthounds.com/press/print/ctp-10-26-04.htm "A Ghost is Found", October 26'th, 2004, "Chattanooga "The Pulse"]
* [http://www.ghosthounds.com/content-3.html "Ghost on the Menu", October 31, 2003, CNN]

External links

*imdb name|2328240|Patrick Burns
* [http://patrick-burns.com Patrick Burns official site]
* [http://patrick-burns.net Patrick Burns Photography]
* [http://www.ghosthounds.com/content-3.html Television clips of Burns and Ghost Hounds]
* [http://www.ghosthounds.com Ghost Hounds official website]
* [http://www.dragoncon.org/dc_Guest_Detail.php?id=235 Burns' Dragon*Con bio]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/ghostgeek Burns' Myspace profile and blog]


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