Jason Hawes

Infobox Paranormalpeople1
Class = Paranormal Researcher


Image_Caption =
Name = Jason Hawes
Born = birth date and age|1971|12|27
Blocation = Canandaigua, New York, USA
Died =
Dlocation =
Phd =
Djob = Plumber,
Television host
Pjob = Paranormal investigator
Affiliates = The Atlantic Paranormal Society

Jason Conrad Hawes (born December 27, 1971 in Canandaigua, New York) is the founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), based in Warwick, Rhode Island. He is also one of the stars and co-producers of Sci-Fi Channel's "Ghost Hunters", which, as of March 2008, is in its 4th season.

Interests

Hawes has varied interests outside of TAPS, which include the fine artsFact|date=February 2007, fishing, martial arts, camping, hiking, writing books and screenplays, and cooking. He also spends a great deal of time participating in charity eventsFact|date=February 2007, raising money for everything from "Cure Kids' Cancer" to "Papers in Education." In addition, he has written four sci-fi/thriller screenplays http://www.dragoncon.org/dc_guest_detail.php?id=1442 Hawes bio on DragonCon.org] . He and his wife, Kris, have five children - three girls and a set of twin boys. This eldest child is named Samantha "Sam" who is 17,Haily who is 14 and Satori. Their twin boys are Austin and Logan and they are 4 [July 2008]

Hawes and Grant Wilson are best friends, and were coworkers when they shared a day job as plumbers for Roto Rooter.

Also, Hawes and Wilson participate in ghost hunting events available to the public. More recently TAPS has offered an event soley hosted by the TAPS members.The personal Ghost Hunting events have gained more and more popularity over the years with Television celebrity guests. TAPS co-hosts events in locations such as the Stanley Hotel In Colorado and the Queen Mary Ocean Liner in California.

Threatening e-mail

In March 2005, Barry Clinton Eckstrom, 51, of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, began to send threatening e-mails to Jason Hawes, founder of TAPS. Hawes alerted the FBI in Providence. When the e-mails began to include threats against President George W. Bush, the Secret Service became involved. Eckstrom also used Hawes's name to send e-mails to some female members of TAPS, in which he threatened to rape and murder them. While under surveillance by federal agents, Eckstrom used a Bethel Park, Pennsylvania library computer to send an e-mail in Hawes' name to Roto Rooter's Cincinnati headquarters, threatening to shoot employees there. Next, Eckstrom typed a message threatening to kill President Bush, again in Hawes' name, using the Department of Homeland Security's website. Before he could send the message, he was arrested. Because of these activities, Eckstrom was sentenced to two years in federal prison in January 2006. [cite news | title = Pittsburgh man indicted for allegedly threatening President Bush
url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2005/06/06/daily27.html | work = Pittsburgh Business Times | date = 2005-06-09 | accessdate = 2007-03-22 ] [cite news | first = Torsten | last = Ove | title = Man gets 2 years in jail for threats against Bush, Roto-Rooter workers | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06011/635759.stm | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = 2006-01-11 | accessdate = 2007-03-22 ]

ee also

*Haunting

References

External links

* [http://www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com The Atlantic Paranormal Society official website]
* [http://www.scifi.com/ghosthunters/ Ghost Hunters official website at SciFi.com]
* [http://beyondrealityradio.com/ Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson's Radio program, Beyond Reality Radio]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jasonhawes/ Jason Hawes on MySpace]