RNN Presents -The Horror, History, and Hauntings Podcast: Ep 5 - Holly Staples-Faust!

Holly Faust is the occult symbol/spiritual beliefs researcher for Phantom Detectives LLC. She is also the Founder and Director of Talking to the Dead Paranormal and host of her own podcast, DeadTime Tales. Holly is a paranormal investigator, writer, researcher, esoteric minister, Reiki master/teacher, psychic/medium, and child advocate. She became interested in the paranormal at a young age, watching documentaries with her dad, and began hearing and seeing things no one else around her could. She also grew up not far from the Smurl Haunting in Pittston, PA, where she heard Ed and Lorraine Warren talk about paranormal/supernatural topics on her local news station in the 1980s. Her interest piqued in 1994 after the death of her closest friend, many told her he wouldn't go to heaven because of his suicide. That is when she started on her quest for knowledge. At 20 years old, she was in a severe car accident and was clinically dead, during which time she had a near-death experience. Over the last decade, she has focused primarily on spirituality and occult research. Working on teaching investigators the importance of the clients' spirituality in the investigative process, along with the importance of historical research. She also strives to help others better understand occult symbols. Holly has been investigating for over 30 years and has had the opportunity to explore many locations throughout the United States. She has spent a significant amount of time in Gettysburg, PA, researching intelligent and residual hauntings. Other places that she has investigated include Malvern Manor in Iowa, The West Virginia Penitentiary in West Virginia, The Bellaire House in Maryland, Mansfield Reformatory in Ohio, Sorrel Weed House in Savannah, Georgia, St Alban's in Virginia, The Keighley Mansion in Uniontown, PA, Wildwood Sanitorium in New York, Hinsdale House in New York, and many others. She has also conducted many private investigations, aiding families and others affected by hauntings. She had the opportunity to study under many veterans in the field. Holly was a guest several times on Paranormal Insider Radio discussing Gettysburg Hauntings and near-death experiences. She also had the opportunity to visit the Rhine Institute in Raleigh, North Carolina, to see how the paranormal is investigated. She was a member of the Paranormal Research Society for over a decade . Holly has also taken courses in parapsychology with the Koestler Parapsychology Unit at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Holly's focus over the last two years has been writing and aiding new and young paranormal investigators on their paths in the field. As always, feel free to stop by and say hello! My RIFT Nation Network slot will be on Wednesdays at 9:30 pm! Let me be your tour guide through the realms of the supernatural, the paranormal, or the just plain weird, from a cabin in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Come warm yourselves by the fire; it will... cost you one thing... your story. [email protected] Holly Faust – Author, Psychic/Medium, Paranormal Investigator/Researcher #Novelist #Paranormal #Psychic #ParanormalInvestigator #ParanormalResearcher #Author Transcript