John Wachter - Vice President/Lead Investigator

Tim Hawkins - Secretary/Lead Investigator

Early in my childhood, I developed a fascination with monsters when I saw Godzilla, Mothra, and the original Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolfman. In my teen years, I was interested in UFO's, ghosts, and the opposite sex! I took a night class in the 80's, learning psychometry to some extent and Transcendental Meditation.  I hooked up with HPI and tend to be skeptical, trying to find a natural reason for anything that appears to be out of the ordinary before I accept it as paranormal. I want to give evidence of the REAL deal and that's why I'm here.

I grew up in Long Beach, CA and have always been fascinated by ghost stories and such. My birthday is at the end of October, so Halloween was always my favorite holiday. I moved to Sacramento over 10 years ago. Shortly after moving here, I rented a house in Carmichael where strange things began to happen. I don't live in that house anymore but, suffice it to say, that whole experience piqued my curiosity. I found H.P.I. in February of 2007 and decided to jump right in and become a member of the Board. I try to bring a healthy dose of skepticism to each investigation, but I'm still waiting for that big moment!

Kristen Sheley - Investigator/Researcher

Michelle Paykel - Investigator

Michele Stump - Investigator/Researcher

Regarding ghosts, I have been interested in those since I can remember. I was quite the reader as a child and devoured fiction and non-fiction books about haunted places and ghosts.  In spite of being in many authentically haunted places, however, I have yet to see or sense anything strange. I want that experience – but I am also supremely skeptical and logical, trying to find earthy reasons and explanations for supernatural activity. I suppose that makes me a ``skeptical believer`` and something that is probably a good attitude to have when conducting investigations.

I have always had a liking for the supernatural and paranormal activities ever since I was about eight years old, when I saw my first apparition. They say that you are more susceptible to seeing ghosts when you are younger. This was proven to me when my daughter had seen my father after he had passed away. Being a part of H.P.I. has given me a chance to find out more about what we can't always see. I look forward to welcoming all the new members and of course all the new and exciting investigations that we encounter.

Michele brings something unique to HPI. A self proclaimed skeptic that will look for plausible explanations before determining the possibility of a haunting. This ghost hunter has a voracious interest in the historical significance of the locations that she investigates. Architectural design, area history, significant events, artifacts, headstone carvings, genealogy, geography, and any other research are instrumental in getting to the bottom of any paranormal activity. She has also been known to research any events, people, or other information to substantiate any psychic claims.

Jennifer Baca - Investigator

Paul Dale Roberts - HPI Ghostwriter/Investigator

Carol Gillis - Treasurer/Investigator

I grew up as a military brat in far exotic places such as Yokota-Japan, Del Rio-Texas, and Okinawa-Japan with minor stints in Guam & Sacramento, CA at a very young age. After high school I pursued a career in the Navy to boost my finances, help with college and make a good impression on resumes, always with the intention of exploring other opportunities when my 4 yrs. was up with the military. I became an electrician with the Navy and was stationed on board the USS Camden out of Bremerton, Washington. After working a couple of years in the electrical field doing construction & low-voltage stuff, I met my hubby while attending apprenticeship training here in Sacramento.  My hobbies include doing investigations with HPI!

Paul is a freelance writer and has written travel articles, comic book reviews, paranormal stories on ghosts and UFOs. Paul`s real job is an office manager for a government agency. He enjoys traveling the world and has been to over 40 countries and territories from Moscow to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Paul`s other recreational activities has been taking lessons to fly a Cessna airplane, helicopter, he still has not gotten his pilot's license. He recently learned how to sky dive and every once in a while he does some rappelling.  Last, but not least Paul was also a firefighter for the California Division of Forestry in Colfax, California. After coming close to getting burned in a major fire in the Sierras, Paul decided to take a cushy office job with the government and stay away from the heat.

I was born and raised in Los Gatos California, a beautiful little town at the foot of the Santa Cruz mountains. When I was 20 I  joined the Navy where I went to exotic lands and met wonderful people. In all my travels I made sure to check out the ``night life`` and have seen and felt a lot of things I could not imagine. After 20 years of roaming the world I got a job in Sacramento and settled down to my short lived mundane life. Then I met Shannon. Needless to say life is an adventure again. I look forward to more paranormal adventures with the group. I have been to many haunted places, the Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle and high street (they locked plague victims in their homes to die), Nagasaki Japan and Tokyo (I had a lot of past life flash backs there).
 

Chris Grissom - Investigator/Equipment Technician

Holly Delaughter - Investigator/Sensitive

As far as the paranormal goes, I have had experiences as a child. Like hearing my name being called out when nobody else was home. I have been woken up several times at night, having my hair played with, only to turn around and find nobody there. I grew up wondering, and now as an adult, I finally decided it was time to find some answers. I found HPI, and decided this was a perfect opportunity to get some of those questions answered.

Holly is one of our newest member and will serve HPI paranormal well with her Hypnotherapist skills and her sensitivity to paranormal activity. Holly is the most well traveled Californian we know... she lives 3 hours south of our base in Sacramento, but she is here in a jiffy if we need her! Holly is a mother, writer, photographer, artist, and C.H.T, trained by the Sylvia Browne Corporation (SBHTC) and she is on a High Sense Perception Mission to promote truth & healing.

Cherie Vincent - Investigator/Location Scout

Donna Reynolds - Investigator

Cherie is one of HPI's most colorful investigators. She not only has colorful hair, she is just an incredibly fun and interesting person to be around. Cherie has a certain knack for getting stellar EVP's. She has actually made friends with some of her favorite graveyard ghosts and visits them often.  She has gotten numerous EVP's of their conversations!

I have been experiencing paranormal events all my life, but it's been about 20 years since I've experienced anything significant. I've wanted to be a paranormal investigator since I was a teenager when I lived a year and a half with what I believe now to have been two different entities. I became a Witch formally a few years ago when I realized that that's who I am and have been my whole life. Now I've found a way to put my two biggest interests to work together!

Listen to Shannon McCabe share the amazing places in California to investigate, as well as H.P.I's manner of investigation, goals and accomplishments. Then, as a special added treat, listen to H.P.I's Ghost Writer, Paul Dale Roberts

Shannon McCabe

Paul Dale Roberts

EVP #1

EVP #2

EVP #3

1 HPI core investigator speaking on the (speaker) phone with a medium discussing the investigators spirits.  They did not hear the foreign voice come through until the audio recorder was played back.

EVP #4

Possible apparition taken at the Georgetown Hotel in Georgetown, CA. Photo taken by Holly Delaughter.

Possible apparition taken during our 2007 H.P.I. Northern California Paranormal Conference at the Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Photo taken by Kristen Sheley.

Orb in Motion taken at our 2007 H.P.I. Northern California Paranormal Conference at the Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Photo taken by Kristen Sheley.

Possible womb ghost shot taken by Miss Howard of her mother, Sally Howard. This photo is the #1 most haunted photo of 2007 by www.HauntedAmericaTours.com. It is said in Asian countries that a womb ghost is a ghost of a deceased lover or husband that resides in his woman's womb. He stays there until he finds a suitable "father" to reincarnate him back into life.

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