Cody Polston 
I found an old film reel in the National Achieves about a tour of New Mexico, its cities, historical sites and tourist attractions that was produced in the 1940’s. It is rather fascinating to see how it has changed over the years, the urban expansion and how its history was told back then.
Logic proves that ghosts are exceedingly unlikely to be the cause of a phenomenon. The thousands of supposed ghost cases have turned out to have very reasonable explanations. Many reports from past psychical researchers and parapsychologists indicate that 9 out of 10 ghost-related cases are solvable when someone has actually looked deeper than the surface … Read moreInvestigating Paranormal Claims using Urban myth models
The Southwest Ghost Hunter’s Association (SGHA) was created by five people. Two were very skeptical; two were hardcore believers and somewhere in between was me. The idea of this group was to utilize these different viewpoints, skeptic and believer, to investigate haunted places from a perspective that could lead to an unbiased conclusion. The believers … Read moreHow do you investigate a haunting? (Slides from Presentation)
I have always been interested in the older ghost investigations as they provide an interesting insight, especially when compared to ghost investigations in the modern era. This account is from the book ” HISTORIC GHOSTS AND GHOST HUNTERS BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE (MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY, 1908) It is comparatively easy, when seated before a … Read moreThe Ghost seen by Lord Brougham
Today I thought that I would share the slides that I used to show when presenting the history of ghost hunting. It covers the beginning and eventual pitfalls that were formed as the field (parapsychology) was overtaken by the hobby.
The battle scene between Union and Confederate forces occurs in the famed Clint Eastwood western, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The battle is intended to personify the Battle of Peralta and the New Mexico Campaign in general, though obviously exaggerated. Though no specific year or date is stated in this movie, at least part … Read moreThe Civil War in New Mexico (The battle of Peralta)
Over the years I have been to the St. James Hotel at least two dozen times investigating the paranormal claims there. These are photos taken during one such trip back in 2004.Old friends, old memories and we still didn’t find anything paranormal. Along with these pictures was a primitive script. It appears that we were … Read morePhotos taken in 2004 at the St. James Hotel
The 148-acre property known as “Rancho de Los Luceros” is located northeast of the town of Alcalde, New Mexico. It was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1983, and listed in the State Register of Cultural Properties in 1970. Rancho de Los Luceros was the home of Santiago Lucero in 1757, and … Read moreLos Luceros Photo Gallery
Taos is mainly known for its art community, the Pueblo, skiing, and stunning scenery. But once, an evil man lived in Taos. He went by the name of Arthur Rocheford Manby. Manby had read in British newspapers about rich resources and opportunities in the untamed Territory of New Mexico. But, once he arrived there, he … Read moreThis bizarre and long forgotten mystery in Taos is still unsolved
Harry Price was a British psychic researcher and author, in the early 1900s who gained public prominence for his investigations into psychical phenomena and his exposing fraudulent spiritualist mediums. He is best known for his well-publicized investigation of the purportedly haunted Borley Rectory in Essex, England.
My earliest memory of a ghost story was borne in a summer camp in the panhandle of Texas where my brother and I spent several summers. Not far from the camp was a deserted house that was rumored to have been built on an ancient Indian burial ground that was haunted by several ghosts. One … Read moreHow I became interested in ghost hunting
In 2001, my team went to Fort Craig to investigate several paranormal claims that had been reported by the caretakers of the historic site. After hearing their accounts, my co-investigator, Bob, remarked that the described phenomenon was typical of a graveyard that had been desecrated. He was told that it was simply not possible, because … Read moreGrave robbers desecrate and loot Fort Craig, N.M., cemetery (Bob was right)
Bob, Bruce and myself discuss various memories about the media we have done over the past 35 years. the original video was aired on SGHA’s YouTube channel in 2015.
A short video on ghost hunting in Northern Japan. This was more of a recon of the area but the legend is discussed as well as the process that SGHA used at that time.
Mount Osore (恐山, Osore-zan) is the name of a Buddhist temple and folk religion pilgrimage destination in the center of remote Shimokita Peninsula of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The temple is located in the caldera of an active volcano and is believed in Japanese mythology to be one of … Read moreOsorezan (Mount Osore)
One of my favorite memories of Tombstone was taking a stagecoach tour of the historic district the night before we investigated the Birdcage theater. Somehow it just added to the whole experience. History play a large part in haunted places.
In 2009, I was approached by Joey who wanted to scare his co-star Stevo on the Halloween episode of URock Albuquerque. I was doing a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation that year so he agreed to promote the fundraiser in exchange for helping him scare Stevo on the show. The KiMO theater itself … Read moreU-Rock Albuquerque, The Haunted KiMO Theater
I was recently interviewed for this last month. Somehow it fell off my radar. Inside the Haunted America Book Series
Eight couples who had never experienced any ‘haunting’ activity in their houses and had no reason to expect they would experience ‘ghosts’ were asked by the author to keep a diary for one calendar month from 17th October – 17th November 2012 in which they recorded unusual experiences. 62.5% of the participant couples recruited completed … Read moreRe-Investigating Un-Haunted Houses
The bridge of the airship Divinity. Appearing near the end of book 1, the airship takes front and center at the beginning of book 2.
First of all, and most importantly, T.J. Wright did not die at the St. James Hotel as the legends have suggested. While the 1880 census does show that he was there, the 1920 census show him to be in Albuquerque, way after the date of his supposed demise in Cimarron. The first three articles are … Read moreWhy T.J. Wright (the ghost of room 18) cannot be haunting the St. James hotel.
I will admit that this is actually a rather old piece. I wrote the original back in 2005 where it was posted on the Southwest Ghost Hunter’s Association website. Unfortunately, it is needed just as much today, if not even more. So here is the list of “no-no’s” if you are wanting to approach this … Read moreThe 10 Biggest mistakes made by ghost hunters