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Troy Taylor is the author of 34 books about
ghosts and hauntings, including THE World famous GHOST HUNTER’S GUIDEBOOK, HAUNTED ILLINOIS,
and many others. He is also the editor of GHOSTS OF
THE PRAIRIE Magazine, about the history, hauntings & unsolved mysteries of
America. A number of
his articles have been published here in the U.K. and in most other countries worldwide.
Taylor is the president of the "American Ghost Society", a
network of ghost hunters in the
United States and Canada and now the UK thanks to having the priviledge and pleasure of working with The Paranormal World (Mr Stephen Graham & Miss Kelly Burnell). The group collects stories of ghost sightings and
haunted houses and uses investigative techniques to track down evidence of the
supernatural. In addition, he also hosts a National Conference each year in
conjunction with the group which attracts thousands of ghost
enthusiasts from all over the world. |
Along with writing about ghosts, Taylor is also a public speaker on the subject and has spoken to 1,000's of private and public organisations on a variety of paranormal subjects. He has appeared in literally hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles about ghosts and hauntings worldwide. He has also been fortunate enough to be interviewed thousands of times for radio and television broadcasts about the supernatural. He has also appeared in a number of documentary films like AMERICA’S MOST HAUNTED, BEYOND HUMAN SENSES, GHOST WATERS, NIGHT VISITORS, television series including MYSTERIOUS WORLDS and MOSTLY TRUE STORIES and in one famous feature film, THE ST. FRANCISVILLE EXPERIMENT.
Born and raised in Illinois, Taylor has long had an affinity for "things that go bump in the night" and published his first book HAUNTED DECATUR in 1995. For seven years, he was also the host of the popular, and award-winning, "Haunted Decatur" ghost tours of the city for which he sometimes still appears as a guest host. He also hosted tours in Chicago, St. Louis, St. Charles, Missouri and currently hosts the "History & Hauntings Tours" of Alton, Illinois.
GHOSTLY WORKS BY TROY TAYLOR
HAUNTED DECATUR (1995)
MORE HAUNTED DECATUR (1996)
GHOSTS OF MILLIKIN (1996 / 2001)
WHERE THE DEAD WALK (1997 / 2002)
DARK HARVEST (1997)
HAUNTED DECATUR REVISITED (2000)
FLICKERING IMAGES (2001)
GHOSTS OF SPRINGFIELD (1997)
THE GHOST HUNTER'S HANDBOOK (1997)
THE NEW GHOST HUNTER'S HANDBOOK (1998)
GHOSTS OF LITTLE EGYPT (1998)
HAUNTED ILLINOIS (1999 / 2001/ 2004)
SPIRITS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1999)
THE GHOST HUNTER'S GUIDEBOOK (1999 / 2001/ 2004)
SEASON OF THE WITCH (1999/ 2002)
HAUNTED ALTON (2000 / 2003)
HAUNTED NEW ORLEANS (2000)
BEYOND THE GRAVE (2001)
NO REST FOR THE WICKED (2001)
THE HAUNTING OF AMERICA (2001)
HAUNTED ST. LOUIS (2002)
INTO THE SHADOWS (2002)
CONFESSIONS OF A GHOST HUNTER (2002)
HAUNTED CHICAGO (2003)
DOWN IN THE DARKNESS (2003)
FIELD GUIDE TO HAUNTED GRAVEYARDS (2003)
OUT PAST THE CAMPFIRE LIGHT (2004)
©COPYRIGHT 2004 BY TROY TAYLOR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
