Ghost Chasers International, Inc.
World Renowned Paranormal Investigator
Patti Starr is a world renowned paranormal investigator who owns the Ghost Chasers International organization founded in 1996 based in Lexington, Kentucky. She is also owner of the Ghost Hunter Shop located at 835 Porter Place, Lexington, Kentucky. Patti is the tour guide for Bardstown Ghost Trek which she started in 1997 in Bardstown, KY.
With over 30 years of paranormal research and ghost investigations Patti has captured many anomalies in photos, videos and audios while investigating haunted locations. Her goal as an experienced and accomplished paranormal investigator is to collect evidence to support the premise that life goes on even after death. Her book, Ghost Hunting in Kentucky and Beyond , is widely hailed as a must-have resource for all serious ghost hunters.
Patti has been teaching ghost hunting courses at the Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington, Kentucky since 2001 and is currently lecturing at universities, colleges, and libraries throughout the United States.
In 2006 Patti Starr was voted as one of the Top Ten Ghost Hunter Paranormal Investigators in America for 2007 and 2008.
Patti has been featured on A&E's "Paranormal State" filmed at a haunted residence, A&E "Airline" filmed in Birmingham, AL, at the haunted Sloss Furnaces. A film clip of that investigation was featured on the Montel Williams Show. She was also featured on the Food Network "The Best of Fright Food" filmed at the haunted Talbott Tavern in Bardstown, Kentucky.
Patti is currently working on an event, ScareFest, which will be held at the Lexington Center on September 12, 13, 14, 2008. It is herald to be the biggest "Horror and Paranormal" convention in the Southeast. It will feature many stars and celebrities from the horror and paranormal communities.
Most Recently Answered Questions
Questions 1 - 15 of 30 (Page 1 of 2)Submitted by Jay from Lexington
Q: Hello again Patti, we have spoken before, my question is, have you ever heard of a documented case of an entity physically harming someone?
Answered 05/09/08 12:50:03 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: As of today, I have not actually witness harmful and injury during ghostly activity. I have been pushed, bruised, and my hair pulled but I don’t consider this as harmful only as an attempt to get my attention. I have not been involved with demonic or evil activity. I have gone to places were the occupants felt it was evil and demonic but most of the time we are just dealing with scared, angry or confused ghosts that needed help to move on and by causing discomfort to the family they are trying to get our attention to help them. As I’ve stated many times, Hollywood has done a real injustice to the spirit world by basing most of the subject matter on horror, possessions, and killing. That type of entertainment sells tickets.Submitted by Kylemarie from Paris
Q: Hi Patti, Can a Spirit Guide be mistaken for a Ghost?
Answered 05/09/08 12:48:43 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: I believe that picking up a spirit guide or guardian angels are possible only because it happened to me a few times during a ghost investigation. While dowsing I discovered that I had picked up a protector that I felt was my guardian angel. We asked for proof of the angel’s presence and we captured a bright light going into the top of my crown chakra. I’ve also felt that sometimes when I’m dowsing and ask questions that they are coming from a higher spirit instead of the ghosts that haunt the place. I think there are times when the ghosts are not comfortable answering some of the questions or they simply don’t know the answers so a spirit guide or angel comes through with the answer….Love and Abundance to You…..Patti*Submitted by Matthijs from Dordrecht
Q: Hello. We are 3 Dutch people. One of us (Matthijs) lives in an old house and specificly one of the rooms is a room where several people have past away. In November 2007 we were making pictures in that room and we noticed it had several orbs. We first thought it was from the photo camera, but when we zoomed in, we discovered they had faces in them. There is also one pictures which contains a purple/pink eye with a black iris. We are now looking for experts who can provide information about the unidentified orbs we found. Thank you for reading and we hope to hear from you. Regards, Matthijs, Rachel and Lisette.
Answered 05/09/08 12:41:23 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: Your photo sounds very interesting and unique. If you would like for me to take a look at it you can send it to patti@ghosthunter.com for evaluation. I really wouldn’t want to make a comment on it until I see the photo first…..Love and Abundance to You….Patti*Submitted by peter from australia wa perth gosnells
Q: i live in a haunted house and cant seem to move out
Answered 05/09/08 12:35:18 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: I’m not sure I understand your question. Do you fill you are trapped in this haunted house? Love and Abundance to You….Patti*Submitted by alfreton paranormal from uk
Q: what do you think to the thoery that ghots could be really aliens using far advanced technology to use some sort of invisibility cover to move around us (like they are sais to do on thier spacecrafts) that we are picking up on infa red cameras as energy and then thinking its ghosts?? could aliens be walking amoungst us disguised as something paranormal?????
Answered 05/09/08 12:33:38 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: There are times when I’m on a ghost investigation that I do wonder if what is happening could be related to aliens. Since my major focus is on ghosts/spirits I believe that most of my work does result in the evidence coming from the spirit world.…..Love and Abundance to You…..Patti*Submitted by Sharon from Ellettsville, Indiana
Q: Hello, Patti. I'm here to ask you a question in response to your recent bulletin on myspace. I would like to take this opportunity to let you know how much I appreciate connecting with you on myspace, and to let you know that I really appreciate your positive attitude about your profession and life in general. You are a blessing! I'm very interested in EVP work, and I was wondering if you would be kind enough to share your thoughts on them. I realize that most people who are familiar with paranormal research know what EVP's are, but I have done a lot of reading about this area of investigation and have found that there are a number of quite varied opinions on their value, origin, and the best way to go about obtaining and reviewing them, etc., and I would love to hear your thoughts on the subject. One thing in particular that I've been confused about is the practice of filtering the recordings with computer software. On one hand it seems to be helpful to increase the quality of the recordings so that they can be better understood, but I also wonder whether or not this method may possibly "contaminate" or change the content in any way? Thanks so much in advance for your response, and I'll see you around myspace!
Answered 05/09/08 12:27:18 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: First of all, let me thank you for all your kind words and generous comments about our work. I to have found that EVPs are the most rewarding evidence that can be captured during a ghost investigation. Since I’m not much of a computer person all of my voices that I post and play at class and seminars are exactly the way I captured them during the investigation. I have literally hundreds of EVP and I would probably have twice as many if I did use these edit programs. I stay so very busy I just haven’t taken the time to learn how to use them but maybe one day I will. Sometimes it’s very hard for me to agree that the filtered EVPs are actually saying what they claim they are saying after they clean it up. The EVP sounds way to mechanical and distorted to me. Just like taking a photo into an edit program and contrasting it until it no longer resembles the original photo I think that this can be the case in some of the EVPs you hear on the internet where other ghosthunters have processed their EVPs in the same manner. ….Love and Abundance to You……Patti*Submitted by Cathryne from Smithland, KY
Q: I recently purchased an EMF Ghostdetector for my boyfriend. I know you keep one with you. Can you advise how often does yours go off? He has visited several different places where I am certain there should be spirit/ ghost activity but the EMF has not been activated. It will however pick up the dishwasher or microwave, so that it does works for actual electronics. Im just not sure if this is defective, or the device isnt as sensitive as I expect, or there just arent as many spirits/ghosts willing to communicate as I expect. Any words of wisdom? THANKS SO much.
Answered 05/09/08 12:07:54 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: I am not sure which meter you purchased and it might be just set up for electronic detection instead of magnetic field detection. If you have an adjustment try to change the settings to see if that helps. Since I’m not sure what type of EMF meter you have I can’t really address the problem. If you would like to email this info to me at patti@ghosthunter.com I might be able to help you with this meter….Love and Abundance to You….Patti*Submitted by Jeanni Young from Batesville, Arkansas
Q: Hi Patti, I'm a journalist and have done several stories about hauntings and am very interested in the subject. I've also lived in two spirit-filled homes. What do you think makes some people more apt to see or feel spirits than others? Thanks! Jeanni
Answered 05/09/08 11:57:11 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: I think everyone will eventually see or feel a ghost/spirit during their lifetime. Some people have already experienced this but didn’t know that it was of a spirit nature until it was explained to them. Awareness is a big factor in being able to communicate with the spirit world and some of us have more of the natural ability than others but it can be developed. There are some people that I call haunted. I consider myself one of these haunted people. What does this mean? Ghosts are attracted to us by our light or vibration that we release out into the universe. They think we have the answer and we can help them. I found this true of people that move from one home to another and no matter what building they work in it is haunted as well. These people are in fact the haunted ones, not necessary the home or building. Love and Abundance to You.....Patti*Submitted by Elisha from Louisville, Ky.
Q: I would like to know what your thoughts are on colored orbs?
Answered 05/09/08 11:44:43 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: There is so much controversy about orbs in general that I would like to say for the most part I think orbs are contaminates in our environment. When dust gets to close to our lens just as the flash goes off you are more likely to get an orb. This will happen when you take pictures in the rain or if there are tiny bugs flying around. Knowing this and aware of the problem I do not believe that all orbs are contaminates but can be of a paranormal nature. One way to tell the difference is in the manor you captured the orb, or as I call it the spirit orb. There are a lot of things to take into account, the size, density, consistency, and color. Understanding these few points can help you to eliminate the obvious to decide that the orb you have captured is a spirit orb. For a long time I didn’t understand why some spirit orbs are very colorful. I have captured colored spirit orbs in blue, neon orange, green, purple, yellow, white, black etc. and it came to me one day that maybe what we are capturing is part of their EMF field called an aura. Since some of us can see these colors that encircle us, know as the electromagnetic field or aura, it would make since to me that once you have passed over you could still exhibit these colors that represent mood or personalities, just as it would in a human still on the earth’s plane. When you are taking pictures and you start to get orbs ask the spirit if it can raise its energy to produce a color and sometimes I even name a color, like orange, and sure enough the next time I snap my camera I get a beautiful orange color. At this point I’m convinced that the orb in my photo is a spirit orb and not contamination….Go figure….Love and Abundance to You…Patti*Submitted by Chris from Danville, KY
Q: Hello Patti. What is your opinion on "Shadow People"? Have you ever experienced one, and what do you believe is their origin?
Answered 05/09/08 11:28:32 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: Yes, I have witness a shadow person that has stayed with me since I was a little girl. He would be standing at the foot of my bed looking down at me. I would stare hard at him trying to see eyes or facial features but I never could see them. Once he approached my bed and tried to pull my covers off. On that night I was frightened for the first time. I didn’t know what he was trying to gain by moving my covers. Later on as I grew older I noticed that he came around me when I was stress or in conflict. He was almost a comfort so I didn’t feel as scared as I did as a child. I told my mother about him many times and she always reassured me that it was my imagination until one night while sleeping on the couch with me she also witness this shadow person standing over me. It took 30 year to convince her I had a shadow person and it took her actually seeing it for herself before she understood. Shadow people are usually seen in a humanoid silhouette with no mouth, eyes, nose, or facial expression and are chiefly the appearance of men. Unlike ghosts that mostly appear in a misty white, vaporous form, where shadow people are dark and take on a shadowy form. Some believe that these shadow people are evil and demonic because of their dark color, usually a black or dark gray color. My experience leads me to believe that shadow people are like a protector. The color black has properties of protection and not evil or demonic as perceived by some. Some Shadow People seem to be aware of our own presence and can make us feel safe or frightened, depending on the state of the individual at the time of the sighting. Others claim that Shadow People are aliens or time travelers observing us as they move around us allowing only a glimpse of their presence. We still have so much more to learn about the spirit world and to do so we must keep an open mind in our search for the answers. Love and Abundance to You…..Patti*Submitted by Sarah Pack from Kingsport, Tennessee
Q: Hi, Patti! I really enjoy watching you on Paranormal State. I have heard that spirits can be attracted to people because of the person's personality traits. Do you believe this to be true?
Answered 05/09/08 10:19:10 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: Yes, I do believe this and this belief comes with several experiences I’ve had during ghost investigations. I find that some spirits will be attracted to personalities that compliment who they were before their transition, whether it be someone that is depressed, or an alcoholic, or a workaholic, etc. This holds true for some ghost children that search out the same type of children they were to befriend. Love and Abundance to You....Patti*Submitted by Suz Johnson from Louisville, Kentucky
Q: Hi Patti! I have a haunted house here in Louisville called The Garrs Lane Project. The house has been haunted for over 30 years, but now the ghosts are getting physical, from touching people, to pinching my sons girlfriend last Friday night. They pinched her hard and left a bruise. The shadow people are getting more active too. What would cause this sudden increase of activity?
Answered 05/09/08 09:37:40 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: Hello Suzie, my friend, It is difficult to say what might be the cause until more communications are made with the spirits/ghosts that haunt your place. If you are still having lots of ghost hunters coming into your home this may be the results of them getting more aggressive. When some spirits realize that they have been noticed or recognized they may have a message that they desperately need to share and some want to move on but don’t know how so they may be getting frustrated. My suggestion would be to bring in a credible medium and those that specializing in house blessings to come in and complete the process they so desperately need. It’s the final step once you have verified that your home is haunted by spirits/ghosts. If you need help with this let me know and I will gladly make some recommendations for you…..Love and Abundance to You….Patti*Submitted by Kimberly Hendershott from Indianapolis, IN
Q: I have an AMAZING EVP that has been studied by both Patrick Burns and Jason Hawes. I was wondering if I could get your opinion as well? Thank you, Kimberly
Answered 05/09/08 09:27:00 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: I would be honored to listen to your EVP for evaluation. Can you please send it to my personal email address patti@ghosthunter.com and in the subject box put ABC and I’ll know it’s you….Love and Abundance to You….Patti*Submitted by Teri B from Kansas
Q: Q. Have you ever heard an EVP of a spirit that didn't sound like a whisper? I have one that sounds like a whoop and holler! or Q. What is the most haunted place that you have ever been? Thank you and i love ya, Patti :)Teresa
Answered 05/09/08 09:23:23 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: Hello Teresa, I get many sound when I’m recording for EVPs. Most of them are whispers but I do occasionally get a holler, growl, and even a cough or sneeze. I even get sounds like gurneys rolling down an abandoned hospital hall. You can hear the clanking of the metal as the wheels rotate and wobble. I have to say that the most haunted place I have ever been and continue to get fantastic results is the Talbott Tavern, Bardstown, KY. It is one of the stops we make on my Bardstown Ghost Trek where we go inside and witness ghostly activity by using our cameras, audio recorders and meters. The spirits here will often show the walkers all sorts of proof that they are communicating with us. I hope you will join us some day. www.ghosttrek.com We start our new season Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 8:00 pm. Love and Abundance to You….Patti*Submitted by Lisa Stassi from Kansas
Q: Okay, Dear Abby, here goes! Let's see if I can stump you..... Let's assume that you have a group of naive' teenagers that decide to play with a ouija board or attempt to invoke the devil through a ritual and, seemingly, nothing happens. Are they off the hook? Or, is there some statute of limitations on demonic retribution? My guess is that these naive teenagers need to watch their backs for the rest of their lives. I guessing that the devil himself could just show up five, seven, ten years later and wreck havoc in their lives. Here's another interesting question. Assuming that angels do not possess human beings because that is an act of violation tantamount to rape, would/could an angel sort of willingly possess an individual, i.e., channel through a human being? Would anyone notice that happening, because demonic possession is so dramatic. Or, do you think that angels hang around all day influencing us, as seen in that movie, City of Angles? Best, Lisa Stassi
Answered 05/09/08 09:10:35 by Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter
A: When dealing with the Ouija board I feel you need to be very skilled or you should be a medium before trying your hand at using this instrument. For my personal self I would not use the Ouija board because of the negativity associated with this tool. I can see by your question that these teenagers wanted to produce negative results so their choice was to use the Ouija Board. When I speak to the middle and high schools on ghost hunting, of course one of the first questions I get is “What will happen if I use a Ouija Board.” I like to use this comparison. I ask the students how many of them like to eat mushrooms and I get a good show of hands agreeing that they like mushroom, especially on their burgers, steaks, and chicken. I tell them, “As I was driving up to the school I noticed a wooded area out back. Would you like to go with me after class and pick some mushrooms to take home to cook for your dinner?” Of course at that moment I get several “No’s” coming from the group. I ask why they do not want to go with me to pick the mushrooms and they explain that the mushrooms could be poison. I ask them, “Are all mushrooms poison?” And they answer, “No.” So when I ask, “Why don’t we go and get the mushrooms out back?” They agree that no one in the room knows which mushrooms are good and which are poison. I then tell them that the Ouija Board is a lot like picking mushrooms. You don’t know when you might pick one that will kill you. So you decide if you want to take that chance and play with the Ouija Board. Most of the time the students will heed my words and will avoid playing with the Ouija Board. Once something very negative comes through the Ouija board it is very difficult to get rid of so the best thing to do is not play with this toy. Like it says on the box, “This is not just a game” As for me I feel angels are with us all the time and can assist us through difficult situations, especially if you get quiet enough to feel their presence and guidance. Since we all have free will I don’t think they can possess us or make us do something that they have intended us to do. Then can help us make a decision but the decision is still our choice. Love and Abundance to You....Patti*