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.