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About Jeff Belanger
Jeff Belanger leads a very haunted life. He’s been fascinated with the supernatural since age ten when he investigated his first haunted house during a sleepover. Since then, the paranormal investigator has been a writer and journalist for various newspapers and magazines, and in 1999 he launched Ghostvillage.com as a repository for his writings and research on the subject of the supernatural. The site has since grown to become the largest paranormal community on the Web, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors per year. Over the years, Jeff has interviewed hundreds of people about their experiences with the profound. His objective approach to the subject makes the supernatural accessible to a wide audience. He brings personality and humor to this subject which makes him one of the most sought-after experts in the field. He's written for many paranormal Web sites and print publications and is the author of several books.

Jeff Belanger graduated from Hofstra University with a B.A. in English. After college Jeff served as Editor-in-Chief of Main Street -- a biweekly arts and entertainment newspaper in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, he worked in marketing and public relations for both private and public companies, and he's currently a full-time writer living in Massachusetts with his wife, Megan, daughter, Sophie, and parakeet, Mambo.

Media Experience
Belanger is a recognized media personality on the subject of the supernatural. He's been quoted on this subject in dozens of print publications and news services including: Reader's Digest, The Sun, Reuters, CNET, Forbes.com, USA Today, Newsday, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Spirit (in-flight magazine for Southwest Airlines), Metrowest Daily News, Danbury News-Times, Poughkeepsie Journal, The Augusta Chronicle, York Daily Record, The Providence Journal, Haunted Times Magazine, and Ghost! Magazine, and he's been a guest on more than 100 radio programs including: National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation with Neil Conan, the BBC, Australian Radio Network, The Big Show with John Boy & Billy, Cable Radio Network, DayBreak USA on the USA Radio Network, X-ZONE Radio, Jeff Rense Program, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, KPNW (Eugene, Oregon), WGN (Chicago), WBZ (Boston, MA) WGY (Albany, NY), WIP (Philadelphia, PA), WKQZ (Saginaw, MI), KMOG (Springfield, MO), KSTZ (Des Moines, IA), WLEV (Allenton, PA), KAHI (Sacramento, CA), WLS (Chicago, IL), WOCM (Ocean City, MD), WNCY (Green Bay, WI), WKIS (Miami, FL), KNOX (Grand Forks, ND), WQSO (Portsmouth, NH), WGRR (Cincinnati, OH), KOA (Denver, CO), WWL (New Orleans, LA), WRIF (Detroit, MI), WRKI (Danbury, CT), WPRO (Providence, RI), WZBC (Boston, MA), KFXJ (Wichita, KS), WKRC (Cincinnati, OH), KIXX (Lebanon, NH), KLLI (Dallas, TX), KXLY (Spokane, WA), WSEI (Olney, IL), KTAO (Taos, NM), KQRS (Minneapolis, MN), KLBP (Minneapolis, MN), Iowa Public Radio, CFRB (Toronto, Ontario), CJAD (Quebec, Canada), CKWR (Ontario, Canada) NewsTalk ZB (New Zealand), SPIN (Dublin, Ireland), 4BFM (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 3TTT (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), nationally-syndicated Christian talk show Truth Talk Live, Ghost Chronicles Radio WCCM (Lawrence, MA), Exploring Unexplained Phenomena KZUM (Lincoln, NE), The Lou Gentile Show, Magick Mind Radio, APSR Paranormal Talk Radio, Nightwatch Radio, Ghostly Talk, Darkness on the Edge of Town Radio, many paranormal podcasts, he’s been featured on news programs on PBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, New England Cable Network (NECN), various regional and local stations, and he’s been a guest on national television programs like The Early Show on CBS, MonsterQuest on The History Channel, The Maury Show, Mysterious Journeys on The Travel Channel, and Living TV (UK). Belanger’s books have even made it to pop-culture. His Encyclopedia of Haunted Places was shown on the 2006 Halloween episode of The Girl’s Next Door on the E! Channel.