COLUMBUS TEAM

LISA RORRIS

Lead Investigator/Case Mgr.

OSR Volunteer

OCCUPATION: Director of Operations

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2008.

JOINED TCGH: 2013

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED: Hartford Elementary in Croton, Ohio.

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DAN FINNELL

Lead Investigator

OCCUPATION: Transportation Manager (Retired OSP Trooper)

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2013.

JOINED TCGH: 2013

AREAS OF INTEREST: EVP sessions and visual observations.

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED: The Orphanage in Gettysburg, PA and Hill View Manor in New Castle, PA

NIKKIE FINNELL

Investigator

OCCUPATION: Anesthesia Technician

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2013.

JOINED TCGH: 2013

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED: I have just started investigating, so for now, I would have to say my own home where my husband and I have a lot of activity. For my very first hunt with the team, Prospect Place was very cool.

VANESSA SALAZAR iphm

Investigator/Psychic/Medium

OSR Volunteer

Vanessa's personal website

OCCUPATION: Contract Development Administrator

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2009.

JOINED TCGH: 2015

AREAS OF INTEREST: The history why a haunting may occur; why spirits/entities become attached to a specific home, building or land.

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED: ​Ohio State Reformatory and the Roads Hotel.

BILL ANDERSON

Investigator/Tech Specialist

OCCUPATION: Retired Firefighter, Part-time HazMat trainer

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2017.

JOINED TCGH: 2017

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED: Gettysburg, PA.

DENISE ANDERSON

Investigator

OCCUPATION: Retired Registered Nurse

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2005.

JOINED TCGH: 2017

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED: Jenny Wade House, Gettysburg, PA.

KARLA FISH

Investigator/Case Mgr./Researcher

OSR Volunteer

OCCUPATION: Paralegal

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2016.

JOINED TCGH: 2018

AREAS OF INTEREST: The history of the location, experiencing the activity and what may have triggered it, plus EVPs and visual interest.

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED: West Virginia State Penitentiary (Moundsville)

EVAN BOEGEHOLD

Investigator

OCCUPATION: Senior Accounting Assistant and Music Director

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2018.

JOINED TCGH: 2019

AREAS OF INTEREST: History, research, data analysis, folklore, cryptozoology, and parapsychology

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED:  The Lowe Hotel in Point Pleasant, WV

JENNIFER HUFFMAN

Investigator/Case Mgr.

OCCUPATION: Production Specialist

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE:

I have been investigating since 2016.

JOINED TCGH: 2020

AREAS OF INTEREST: The history of the location, EVPs and photography

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED:

Sedamsville Rectory and Poasttown Elementary

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CODY GRINE

Investigator

OCCUPATION: College Student

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2020.

JOINED TCGH: 2020

AREAS OF INTEREST: Trying to understand the meaning behind paranormal activity.  Why do some people see and hear things while others don't?

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED:  Just starting out.

EMILY LANZER

Investigator

OCCUPATION: Police Officer/Detective

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2019.

JOINED TCGH: 2021

AREAS OF INTEREST: I am a beginner when it comes to formal paranormal investigations but I am no stranger to paranormal occurrences in my life. I am fascinated with why some spirits choose to linger around in places while others cross over.

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED:  Zak Bagan's Haunted Museum in Las Vegas.

IRENE PANAGOPOULOS

Investigator

OCCUPATION: Clinical Research Coordinator

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2021.

JOINED TCGH: 2021

AREAS OF INTEREST: I have always been fascinated with the paranormal and determining whether there is a verifiable connection between history, witness experiences, and investigative evidence.

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED:  Just starting out.

HALLIE MOSS

Investigator

OCCUPATION: Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2021.

JOINED TCGH: 2021

AREAS OF INTEREST: The emotional/mental/physical toll paranormal experiences take on an individual and families. Direct/intelligent communication with a spirit. The history of the location.

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED:  Just starting out.

JASON GORNICHEC

Investigator

OSR Volunteer

OCCUPATION: Purchasing Supervisor

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2019.

JOINED TCGH: 2021

AREAS OF INTEREST: EVP's (spirit box/digital recorder), video/still photo captures, analyzing audio and video.

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED:  Private residence in Missouri.

CHERISE WILLIAMS

Investigator

OCCUPATION: Tarot Reader

YEARS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE: I have been investigating since 2007.

JOINED TCGH: 2021

AREAS OF INTEREST: Interested in how psychology, spirituality, science and the paranormal affect each other and intertwine.

FAVORITE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED: 

A private residence where I captured one of the saddest EVPs, and Waverly Hills Sanatorium.