Scott Murray       Investigator/Video Specialist

As a kid, I was a pretty voracious reader. I remember around the age of nine reading "Virginia's Ghosts". That was my introduction into local and regional hauntings. Having documented hauntings that close to home made the stories that much more plausible. Not totally believable, but I could see the truth in the words of the person re-telling the stories, and that made me curious.

My first real experience was around the age of 12. I spent the night in a very haunted country home in Timberville Virginia. I was witness to a picture being pulled off a wall and thrown across the room. (directly over me and onto the stone hearth of the fireplace.) Not only had it been thrown more than 15 feet, it had also been uniformly slashed 9 times diagonally across the entire canvas. Loud footsteps resounded throughout the house with securely locked doors being unlocked and opened in front of all four people in the house. My next two experiences happened while I was a young teenager and were quite religious in nature and totally open for discussion with the group. The first one occurred at a place called "camp overlook" with several camp counselors, several local ministers and the regional bishop all in attendance. The vision of a man kneeling at the alter, was seen to rise up over 8 feet in the air and travel through the chapel's stained glass window behind the pulpit. A few years later I was acolyte for the church my family attended and witnessed something quite spiritual no one else in attendance saw.

I became quite the story gatherer for a while after that. A lot of people don't want to talk about their experiences, so the stories would often come from friends or family members.

My most meaningful experience happened when I was 34 during the week my brother was dying of AIDS in the home he and I shared. My parents and I all had experiences seeing "other people" in my house during my brother's final week, as if someone had come across the veil to be with him. It was the most comforting and amazing feeling. As an Audiologist with a Masters Degree in hearing science, I understand the necessity of hard evidence to back up any claim, of which I have none. What I bring to the table as an investigator is the strongest desire to find tangible evidence of paranormal activity balanced with an open, scientific mind regarding that evidence. To make any definitive statement means that you must rule everything else out. Doesn't mean I won't run like a schoolboy if I get the absolute hell scared out of me though. Remind me to tell you about the time I spent the night in a home on rt. 42 - a lawyer had hung himself there several years before friends of mine rented it. I woke up running and spent two hours outside because I didn't want to go back in and get my car keys.