Loren Coleman

      Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries Coleman began writing to share his experiences soon after his first expeditions. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983 (which was inspired by one of his books), and in subsequent years that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other global organizations. He was also a life member and benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).

      Obtaining an undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Coleman majored in anthropology, minored in zoology, and did some summer work in archaeology. He received a graduate degree in psychiatric social work from Simmons College in Boston. Coleman was admitted to the Ph.D. programs, and took doctoral coursework in social anthropology at Brandies University and in sociology at the University of New Hampshire’s anthropology/sociology department. His dedication to fatherhood made his decision to first raise his sons, teach, and write, an easy one.

      Coleman’s first cryptozoology magazine article was published in 1969, when he was 21 years old. His first book was published in 1975.

      Today, Coleman has written more than 6,000 columns and articles, as well as over 30 books. He has appeared frequently on radio and television programs, and has lectured throughout North America, as well as in London and at Loch Ness. Coleman’s cryptozoology columns, since the 1970s, have included “On the Trail” in the London-based Fortean Times; “Coleman’s CryptoCorner” in TAPS Paramagazine; and “Mysterious World” in Fate Magazine, as well as regular contributions to The Anomalist, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Magazine, and Fortean Studies. His unique signature column, “The Cryptozoo News,” was published in Strange Magazine and Mysteries Magazine, and now appears as Coleman’s blog at Cryptomundo.com.

      Coleman has been both an on-and off-camera consultant to the Travel Channel’s Weird Travels, the History Channel’s Deepsea Mysteries, NBCTV’s Unsolved Mysteries, A & E’s Ancient Mysteries, the History Channel’s In Search of History, the Discovery Channel’s In the Unknown, Discovery Science Channel’s Critical Eye, the History Channel’s Deep Sea Detectives, Animal Planet’s Animal X, Discovery Kids’ Mystery Hunters, Animal Planet’s Twisted Tales, and other reality-based programs, such as Current Affairs and Evening Magazine. In 2000, he served as the senior series consultant to the new In Search Of … program that was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Network. Read more at http://www.cryptomundo.com/lorencoleman.

       Richard Senate

      Richard Senate has been hunting ghosts since 1978 and has established a solid reputation for sense and sensibility in the field. He has visited over 200 haunted sites in northern California and the Southwest and authored many bestselling books on the subject of psychic research. He stresses that he is a normal person, but one with an obscure hobby. In the real world, Senate works for the city of Verona, California, where he manages three different historic sites as well as giving lectures at a local college His wife, Debbie, a gifted psychic, often joins him in his ghost hunts. You can email him at [email protected].

       Mary Croft