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| Lori Kissich has had an interest in the paranormal since she was a child. As a young adult she witnessed an apparition which focused her interest. Later on, she experienced paranormal activity in a house occupied by her sister. Lori has studied psychology, has a degree in Sociology, a minor in Human Resource Management, a paralegal certificate, and is in the final stages of completion for her MBA. Lori has explored ghost activity throughout the US and the United Kingdom, and studies the cultural and societal interpretations of the paranormal. With "The Arizona Paranormal Society", Lori continues her pursuit of understanding and documenting paranormal activity. |
| Susan Mueller currently works for a large non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives through blood donations. She has been married for over 18 yrs, has two teenage sons and graduated from college with a degree in Communications. Over the years she has worked as a manager in many different fields primarily in safety and accident investigation. Her first paranormal experience began at a young age when she encountered a haunting at the Bernardsville Libary in New Jersey. This first experience was just the beginning of a lifetime of occurrences which even reached into Canada. Having grown up for many years on a pre-civil war farm in Getttysburg Pa she and many others privilege the experience of numerous phenomenon. She believes that this world is full of the unexplained and is dedicated to helping provide scientific proof. |
| Cindy Lee is a Registered Nurse at a local hospital. She has served as Chairperson on several committees and has participated in many research projects. She has studied the science of forensic investigation and has worked in the Emergency Room and Trauma Centers since 1994. Cindy has had an intense interest in the paranormal since she was a young teenager. She plans many vacations around "hauntings" and has had several encounters with the paranormal. She brings passion, education and many skills with her to the exciting development of the science of paranormal Investigation. |
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| Jacquelyn Yocum is an Office Manager and Optician for a private eye doctor. Born in California in the late 60’s she has always had the desire for an understanding of the paranormal. As a young girl she spent her summers with family whom lived directly in front of an old cemetery in Superior, Arizona. During such time she witnessed freak occurrences when playing outside at night that only drove her passion for answers further. As an investigator, she strives to maintain a professional and analytical approach to the unexplained. |
| Gerald Yocum works for the State of Arizona Department of Corrections. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, he grew up in a small house where as a young boy was tormented nightly by a dark and headless form. After witnessing such occurrences as a child, this prompted his life long love affair with the paranormal. As an investigator, he brings integrity and a genuine love for all things paranormal and hopes to find answers that can only be found while working with professionals. |
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| Philip Seals is an aspiring writer and chef who has a fascination with the paranormal. He hopes to soon attend culinary school to help his dream of being a chef. Philip's first experience with something of a paranormal nature was in the house he grew up in. A shadowy man dressed in all black with a top hat lingered in the corners of his eyes just out of sight. His fear of such things led Philip to cope with the fear by learning more about the paranormal. While inexperienced as an investigator, Philip has a wealth of knowledge and hopes to be very useful in future investigations with T.Az.P.S.. |
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| Central Arizona Region |
| Ken "superman" Wenzel Paranormal Investigator "The Arizona Paranormal Society" |
| Ken is another Florida native. He was born in Tampa and has lived in places such as Chicago and Philadelphia before settling down in the Valley of Phoenix. He is a high school senior at Ironwood High School. In addition to the core subjects, he excelled in media productions and the Future Teacher’s Academy. He is also very heavily involved on school’s wrestling team. When he was a kid, he watched TV shows about ghosts and saw these people capturing weird phenomena. He always wanted to experience what they have gone through. Ken comes to T.Az.P.S. from a local group, and has been a Paranormal Investigator since he was 16 years old. His investigations have taken him from the Phoenix metro area, to Tucson, to Tombstone, and all the way up north to Flagstaff. For his young age, he is certainly a seasoned investigator. |
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| William Allen was born and raised in Southern California and has been interested in the paranormal since an early age. Bill had his first encounter while serving in the U.S Navy, While on duty, he witnessed his first full body apparition. Though interested at an early age, this was the event that set him on his path and locked his interest. After leaving the Navy, Bill moved to Pennsylvania and began working in a plant as a Q.C. Inspector where he experienced many unusual and wonderful paranormal events. After leaving this job, Bill moved on to a paint company where he was lucky enough to capture his first paranormal entity in a photo. While on a job site in Butler, Pennsylvania. A few years later, Bill moved from Pennsylvania to the beautiful state of Arizona, to carry on his enjoyment of paranormal photography for The Arizona Paranormal Society to the benefit of all. Bill has recently relocated to the state of Pennsylvania. He will be heading the Pennsylvania chapter of TAzPS and will continue his paranormal investigating and photography. |
| Angie Smith was born and raised in Portland, OR. She moved to Goodyear AZ in Sept. of 2002. She got married to her husband Ken in 2003 and had her daughter Ashley in Dec. of 2004. She worked for Swift Transportation for 11 years as the DER (Designated Employee Representative) in charge of the companies drug and alcohol testing program. She decided to take time off when she had her daughter. She now works as a medical associate and has for the last 3 years. They moved into a new home in Estrella Mountain Ranch in Feb of 2003 and lived a quite life until Jan of 2006. Angie began to see mists, hear voices, having jewelry move from where she had placed it and saw things flying off her dresser and computer desk. And has to date collected over 300 evp's. Needless to say this is was got her interested in the paranormal. She invited a group to come investigate her home and they were so impressed with all of her evidence she had collected they invited her to be part of the group. She has been a paranormal investigator for over 8 months. Angie is very excited to begin this new venture with TAzPS. She is very passionate about this field and feels like she is now with a group that has the same goals and attitude toward investigating as her. Shes ready to get out there and work hard for this team! |
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| Eric Wenzel was originally born and raised in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. He enlisted in the Navy and spent the next 25 years in the service. He was brought to Phoenix on official military orders and liked the town so much he decided to stay here. He finished up his Naval career mustering out as a Chief Petty Officer. Some of his awards and accomplishments include: the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, five Navy Achievement Medals, Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist, and is certified as a Master Training Specialist. He now works for the State of Arizona. His interest in the paranormal began at a very early age. With influences such as his father's, who was a Medium, and influences from the legendary Dr. Hans Holzer, he is no stranger to paranormal activity. During his travels around the world, Eric has encountered several paranormal occurrences in places like Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong, and even on the high seas. He became active in paranormal investigations with another local group and recently transitioned over to T.Az.P.S.. Over the course of the last two years, he has conducted numerous investigations of residences, businesses, ghost towns, hotels, cemeteries, and government buildings. |
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| David Hayes is an award winning writer and filmmaker with a lifelong interest in the paranormal. His books, films and comics (like Muddled Mind: The Complete Works of Ed Wood Jr, Dark Places and Back Woods (to name a few) all fall, oddly, into the horror/science fiction genre. David has a BA in Medieval Literature from Michigan State University and is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from National University. He is a professor of Screen writing and Film Production at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ. Feel free to visit him online at www.davidhayesonline.com or www.myspace.com/davidchayes. He is proud to be a member of the "The Arizona Paranormal Society" and hopes to soon become a valued member of the team. |
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| Lauren King was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She is currently going to Glendale Community College to become a crime scene tech. Her goal in life is to help others anyway she can. Lauren's interest in the paranormal started when she was young and has never left her. As a teen she begged her parents to take her to places such as the Winchester House and to go on "Ghost Tours" in San Diego, California. Lauren is excited to join the team and can't wait to see what is truly out there and learn more from the people who know it best! |
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| Lloyd Lewis was born and raised in Phoenix Arizona. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and has studied photography from the New York Institute of Photography. He is hoping in the near future to begin studies on his Masters degree in Technical Management. Lloyd has experienced what he believes to be paranormal experiences in the past. On two occasions he was in bed trying to sleep when he felt something sit on the bed with him. The door was locked from the inside and he was the only one in the room. He has been interested in the paranormal for several years and has finally decided to begin investigating it after becoming addicted to the show "Ghost Hunters."Although Lloyd believes in the paranormal, he believes there are other answers to "Things that go bump in the night." His goal during investigations is to keep an open mind and look for conclusive proof of a haunting or paranormal activity. |
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Patrick Denton David Hayes Gino Madrid
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| Patrick Denton grew up in the Midwest in a small town in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He never had any paranormal experiences until he moved to Arizona, it was around the time when he was in High School strange things started happening. In the summer of 1997 he got together with some of his friends and decided to use a Ouija board, whom someone much wiser told them not to try. About an hour went by of trying to get something to happen and they heard a dark growl at the other side of the backyard, and they knew right away it was time to stop! This experience sparked Patrick's interest, even though the creature was evil he learned that not all spirits are bad and he wanted to learn more about them. He decided to better his knowledge in the paranormal field and learn from professionals!! |
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