Mike
Founder & Lead Investigator
FounderMike has had experiences of the paranormal most of his life. Starting at a very young age of 5 when he saw his first spirit/ghost of a little girl appearing in his bedroom when he lived in Upstate New York. Mike has had other occurrences through his life that happened but nothing like the two he experienced in 1994 in Melbourne, Florida. This event became a life changing for Mike and put him in the direction to seek out answers about the Afterlife.
From these experiences it fueled his passion to learn more about the paranormal field. In 2006 Mike joined a Paranormal Investigating Team in Middle Tennessee with his wife Monique. During that time, he learned the various ways of investigating and to be able to help others understand what they might be experiencing. Mike has been Investigating the Paranormal since 2006 and has worked with various paranormal teams in the Middle Tennessee area. After working with the teams and learning various techniques investigating the Paranormal, Mike started his own team in the spring of 2009 known as Volunteer State Paranormal Research.
During the years of his paranormal investigating Mike has investigated throughout the state of Tennessee, Kentucky and parts of Alabama. Some well-known haunted places like Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky, Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, Alabama, Octagon Hall in Franklin, KY, Rippavilla Plantation in Spring Hill, TN, Clement Railroad Museum in Dickson, TN and many other areas of Tennessee.
Mike was nominated in 2009 by the International Paranormal Acknowledgement Awards for National Male Paranormal Investigator and Best in Spirit Photography. Mike won for Best in Spirit Photography in 2009 by the International Paranormal Acknowledgement Awards.
Mike has been a guest on various multiple Radio and TV shows: "America's Most Terrifying Places" on TRAVEL CHANNEL, TV show "Tennessee Crossroads" on PBS in Tennessee that featured the VSPR team investigating the Rippavilla Plantation in Spring Hill, TN, a guest on the Art Bell production radio talk show Midnight in the Desert with show host Heather Wade, VSPR was a guest for CAFEMOM.COM magazine. Mike also has guest spoke at various events throughout Middle Tennessee and website blogs. Mike has been published in 3 issues of Visions magazine, Chat is Fate magazine from United Kingdom and UN-X News about his paranormal experiences he had in 1994.
During 2019, Bret and Julie Oldham released their book — Afterlife Encounters: Ghost, Spirits, and Near Death Experiences. Mike is featured in Chapter 3 of the book, which can be purchased on Amazon.
Mike attended the Rhine Research Center studying parapsychology in 2018. Graduate of Nashville State Community College in History and Early Education. Besides the Paranormal, Mike has served as a Police Officer in the US Air Force Security Police and is a Veteran of Desert Shield and Storm. He is a WWII living historian for 30+ years and enjoys photography.
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