Walking Into the Shadows: My Journey

People often ask me, “Why ghosts?”

For me, the answer has never been about chasing scares or creating a Friday-night thrill. From the very beginning, I’ve been drawn to the quiet voices of history — the people whose lives mattered, but whose stories were left behind.

Childhood Curiosity

I look back at old photos of myself — wide-eyed, playful, sometimes clutching a flashlight like it was a magic wand. Maybe, in a way, it was. Even as a kid, I knew the world held mysteries bigger than me. That spark of curiosity never left.

Negotiating sidewalk dominance since age three with my brother.

More Than Amusement

When I walk into an old building in Cripple Creek, Victor, or anywhere, I don’t see a “haunted place.” I see someone’s memory: a kitchen where meals were cooked, a room where someone laughed, cried, or said goodbye.

Spirits are not here for our amusement. They are people — echoes of lives once lived — and people deserve respect, even across the veil.

A Mission of Listening

That’s what In The Shadows Paranormal is about. I teach others how to use investigative tools with intention, record responsibly, and — most importantly — listen. The equipment is helpful, but the true skill is slowing down, sensing, and asking with care.

So much of this work is also about grief. People come searching for connection, often carrying the weight of loss. My hope is to help transform that grief into something gentler: not just pain, but presence, with a sprinkling of humor.

By second grade, already plotting world takeover—with style.”

Building a Circle

I’m not walking this path alone. Friends and colleagues, like regression hypnosis practitioner Lee Mitchell, and intuitive Laura Westfall, remind me that there are many ways to listen — whether through spirit communication, past-life memories, or the spaces in between. Together, we build a circle of respect and curiosity.

The Journey Ahead

Every investigation, every story, is a conversation that started long before us and will continue long after. That’s the journey I invite others into — to step with me into the shadows, not for entertainment, but for connection, healing, and remembrance.

Because in the end, ghosts remind us that we are all stories in the making.

The lesson? Never underestimate a bossy kid with energy to burn—they’ll grow up to blog about it.