Troy Taylor

Troy Taylor is the author of 39 books about ghosts and hauntings in America, including HAUNTED ILLINOIS, THE GHOST HUNTER’S GUIDEBOOK and many others. Taylor is the president of the "American Ghost Society", a network of ghost hunters, which boasts more than 600 active members in the United States and Canada. 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 usually attracts several hundred ghost enthusiasts from around the country. Along with writing about ghosts, Taylor is also a public speaker on the subject and has spoken to well over 1,000 private and public groups on a variety of paranormal subjects. He has appeared in literally dozens of newspaper and magazine articles about ghosts and hauntings. He has also been fortunate enough to be interviewed hundreds 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 for TLC, the History Channel, A&E, Sci-Fi and many others. He also appeared in one 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 in Central Illinois. He has also hosted tours in St. Louis & St. Charles, Missouri and owns the History & Hauntings Tour Co. in Alton, Illinois. Taylor is the co-owner and manager of the Illinois Hauntings Tour Co., with tours in Alton, Chicago and Springfield and of the Bump in the Night Tour Co., which hosts overnight excursions to haunted places throughout the Midwest. He currently resides in Illinois with his wife, Haven, in a decidedly non-haunted house.