The Crescent Club Speakeasy will host the second annual Vampire Ball this Saturday, a party for vampire fanatics and Halloween revelers alike, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Romanian League in Defense of Animals (ROLDA). This year’s event will be modeled after HBO’s “True Blood,” said Shannon McCabe, event organizer. A staff of 25 helped her put together a party six months in the making, including professional set designers, vampire go-go dancers, two local DJs and actors who will be playing roles from the “True Blood” cast. Food will be served by Café Americain. “I want to feel like I’m in the town of Bon Temps,” McCabe said, alluding to the fictional town where the HBO va

A Sacramento teen is trying to get an early start on a film career with the launching of an Internet-based talk show. “Sci Fi Stories” is 16-year-old Joseph Cady’s show, which will cover all things paranormal and unexplained in Sacramento and beyond. Among his subjects: ghosts, UFOs, extraterrestrials, Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. “I wanted to do something out of the ordinary,” said Cady, whose father, Brian Cady, will be helping him produce the series. “It will be weekly on Sundays, and we’ll upload the videos to Youtube in the afternoon for people to watch.” Each program will be 20 or 30 minutes long, and sometimes will consist of sit-down interviews with local experts, while o

Interviewed by Paul Dale Roberts, President www.jazmaonline.com General Manager www.hpiparanormal.net Question: Tell us something about yourself, your personal life, recreational activities and hobbies. Answer: I have been working in the tattoo industry for almost ten years. I started as a shop girl at Aces tattoo in Reno, NV and soon was asked to manage the shop because of my ingenious business sense. (Giggle) I stayed with that shop for over 3 years during which we grew from a tiny street shop to the primary custom shop in Reno. Having the combination of both powerhouse ass kicking rock’n roll street shop and the privilege to work with amazing artists such as Kevin Cox, Lee Hanna, Jaso

Location of Interview: The Coffee Garden, 2904 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, Ca Date of Interview: January 10, 2010 Time of Interview: 1500 Hours Question: First let’s allow the readers to get to know you, can you tell me something about your personal life, such as where you were born and raised. Activities you are involved in, such as hobbies and recreational fun. Answer: I was born in a very small cow town called Los Banos. It’s about two hours south of here in Merced County. When I was growing up in Los Banos, there was absolutely nothing to do. Everyone was either into drugs, sex, or other bad behavior. I spent my time with my now-fiancée (then boyfriend) Kyle. We started going out my f

Interviewed by: Brent Raynes, Publisher of Alternate Perceptions Magazine 1. Please tell us a little about yourself and also tell us how long you have been a paranormal investigator/journalist? Answer: I have been a journalist for a long, long time. My first paying gig was with Brainstorm Comics. I was a columnist for his vampire magazine. My first paying gig was in 1996. The first thing I ever had published was when I was 12 years old. It was a letter to the editor in the Monterey Herald. When I was a small boy living on Effy Street in Fresno, CA, I thought I lived in a haunted house. At the age of 8, I was reading Brad Steiger books on the paranormal. I became very well versed in the p

Photo: Christy is in the middle.  She is in between her family members. Interviewed by Paul Dale Roberts, HPI Paranormal Investigator Date: December 18, 2009, Saturday Time: 1000 Hours Location of Interview: Starbucks, 4981 Watt Avenue, North Highlands, CA Question: Please tell me something about yourself, you family life, hobbies, recreational activities that you enjoy doing. Answer: I enjoy singing and dancing Question: You have lived in Sacramento all your life. Are there places in Sacramento that you are curious about, that you feel may be haunted? Answer: Yes, I would love to check out places like the Governor’s Mansion, because Nancy Reagan claimed it was haunted and didn’t wan

Picture is of Paul Dale Roberts and Shannon McCabe - HPI Esoteric Detectives   December 15, 2009, Tuesday, Time: 20:06 Hours. My paranormal cellular hotline is ringing off the hook; the ringtone 'X-Files' is heard. I answer the phone and I hear a guy screaming in the background. His two buddies have me on the speaker phone and they are explaining to me that their friend witnessed a Mothman. I can tell by the yelling, screaming, loud talking that everyone must be intoxicated. Just a hunch. The callers call 8 times this Tuesday evening and they are screaming in my ear about their Mothman sighting. One of the guys claim that they saw Mothman first in South Florida and now it has followed th

Interviewed by Paul Dale Roberts, Sacramento Press Journalist Question: Before we really get into this interview, please tell me something personal about yourself. Your family life, where you were born and raised. Hobbies and recreational activities you are involved in besides your artistic photography. Answer: First and foremost, I am the mother of a lovely six year old and I have to admit she is often times the subject of my personal photography. But I am a woman of many labels; I suppose my greatest desire is to be a renaissance woman. I want to do it all and experience it all! But there isn’t just enough time in life. Aside from photography, I have other artistic endeavors such as po

Renee Martine is a Sacramento area psychic and this is her analysis of the 11:11 phenomenon.   Paul Dale Roberts, HPI General Manager / www.hpiparanormal.net How long has this phenomenon being taking place? Where does this door lead to? It is my belief that it is truly Divine intervention. Some say this occurrence is a coincidence, some say we have pre-coded this in our memory to wake up. I say it is a reminder for us to understand why we are all here, and what have we come here for. Have you not asked yourself this question quite a lot recently, “what is next for me, and what my purpose in life is? But, no one knows for certain what this answer is and why it has affected thousands, if no

Jacqueline does readings from her office in Sacramento.  This is her interview that details the paranormal activity in her life. Paul Dale Roberts, HPI General Manager, Ghostwriter, Paranormal Investigator / www.hpiparanormal.net Question: Tell me something personal about yourself, your family life, schools you went to? Answer: I was born in Pennsylvania, but most of my life I have lived in Sacramento with the exception of brief periods in Arizona and the North Bay Area of California. I am a mother, grandmother and I work in the field of education. I attended private and public schools in the Sacramento area. Question: Why do you call yourself a medium? Answer: I am clairsentient and c

Noel Desilets is the drummer for the Sacramento based band called Ash Black.  They will be performing at Witchapalooza at Cal-Expo on October 10th and October 11th, 2009.  Below is her paranormal story.  Paul Dale Roberts, HPI General Manager www.hpiparanormal.net Question: First off tell us something about yourself. Maybe something about your family life, schools you may have attended, work that you do, etc. Answer: Well I grew up in Tucson, AZ. I lived in the house I grew up in for most of life. My husband and I have been married for almost 18 years and we recently relocated to California to be closer to my mother. My father died about 9 years ago. As far as a job goes I work with peop

Ghosthunters Get Busy During Halloween By Paul Dale Roberts, HPI General Manager/Ghost Hunter/Ghostwriter It’s getting close to Halloween. People want to get scared. The date is October 21, 2008, Tuesday. The Stockton Record wants me to do an initial investigation at a legendary haunted home in Stockton. The home is located at N. Pershing Street. Waiting for me in this home are the lovely Christine Taylor, her brother and videographer. The owner Rick Freeman, his enchanting daughter Bobbie Lawson and her grandmother are also waiting. The owner gives me a briefing about this home that reminds me of a cross between a countryside cottage and a European castle. Legend has it, that it was bui

The Janet Michalk Story: A Journey into Spiritual Awareness Janet has a business and it’s called Past Life Connections, it’s her passion. The purpose of her business is assisting clients with past life regressions, spiritualism and healing pass issues for her clients. She is also a Reiki practitioner and paranormal advisor. Janet welcomes any future clients who seek her assistance to come and visit: www.pastlifehapi.com Now let me tell you something about Janet. Janet doesn’t consider Past Life Connections as a real business, but more of a passionate past time. She loves helping people. She considers herself a psychic and has in the past communicated with the dead. Let me tell you about

  Gold Rush Ghosts Saga: A Haunting in Arnold By Paul Dale Roberts, General Manager/Ghostwriter Date: October 17, 2008, Friday. Briefing at Paul's Home conducted at 1900 hours. Arrival Time at Arnold Residence: 2200 hours. Time investigation Seance Ended: 0400 hours. Debriefing for the Occupants/Investigators at 0415 hours. Conducted by Lead: Paul Dale Roberts. Arrival time back to Elk Grove: 0530 hours. Nancy Bradley - Celebrity Psychic of Ghost Girls www.ghostgirls.net and Robert Reppert of Gold Rush Ghosts www.goldrushghosts.com receive a phone call from Amy Lynn and Vincent Scotto. A frantic Amy explains to Nancy that her home is haunted. Nancy explains to me what the situation is a

Ghost Girls Tales: Table for Six Takes a Haunted Tour with Ghost Girls By Paul Dale Roberts, Ghost Girl Paranormal Investigator/Ghostwriter Nancy Bradley - Celebrity Psychic is just that...a celebrity psychic. Her clients are major players in the entertainment industry, government and in the political arena. This night Friday, October 24, 2008, Shannon McCabe - Ghosthunter Extraordinaire and Nancy Bradley - Celebrity Psychic were to take the Table for Six crew (www.TableforSix.com) on a haunted tour of Old Sacramento. Nancy was called off on an emergency reading for a powerful client and called me and asked if I could take her place. It was an honor. Since I am part of the Ghost Girls Par