Meet the Team
The San Diego Paranormal Research Society is proud to be one of Southern California's premiere teams. We are comprised of a group of individuals who are quite experienced with paranormal research. Below are the biographies of the core investigative team and various consultants and specialists from around the United States.
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Nicole Strickland - Founder / Director | Author | Speaker | Radio Producer and Host
Nicole Strickland currently resides in San Diego, California, and has been innately intrigued with the paranormal since childhood, having thus studied the field for many years. She has been actively investigating historical landmarks and private residences for paranormal activity since the early 2000s, after a profound experience with the spirit of her beloved grandmother. She is the Founder and Director of the San Diego Paranormal Research Society(SDPRS). Nicole has worked with various Southern California paranormal research teams prior to developing SDPRS. Since 2009, she has worked with Dale Kaczmarek's Ghost Research Society. Nicole also serves as a consultant to World Paranormal Investigations as well as a California Representative for the American Spectral Society.
Nicole is published with Penoaks Publishing, Schiffer Publishing and The History Press. Her first book is Field Guide to Southern California Hauntings, (2009). Her second book, The Haunted Queen of the Seas: The Living Legend of the RMS Queen Mary (1st ed.) was published in May of 2010 with a 2nd edition published in 2015. Furthermore, Nicole’s subsequent book, Spirited Queen Mary: Her Haunted Legend, debuted next. Other books by Nicole include RMS Queen Mary: Voices from Her Voyages, San Diego’s Most Haunted: The Historical Legacy and Paranormal Marvels of America’s Finest City and Spirits of Rancho Buena Vista Adobe. All three of Nicole's books about the Queen Mary are best-sellers aboard the ship in its gift stores. Nicole's upcoming book is, The Afterlife Chronicles: Exploring the Connection between Life, Death and Beyond.
Nicole has conducted numerous paranormal research investigations throughout San Diego, Southern California and out-of-state. She is known nationally and internationally for her historical and paranormal research aboard the RMS Queen Mary. Having spent the past 17 years intensely researching this legendary ocean liner, Nicole has conducted paranormal investigations in various hot spot locations, including the former first and third class pool, boiler rooms, after engine room, Sir Winston’s, Isolation Ward, R deck forward, cargo holds, Windsor Salon, Royal Salon, Bridge, numerous staterooms, etc.
She presents about various supernatural topics at paranormal conferences, events and libraries. Nicole has given local San Diego talks about the paranormal in addition to lectures at the Oregon Ghost Conference, Troy Taylor’s Haunted America Conference, Port Gamble Ghost Conference (2017), Maritime Ghost Conference San Diego, Preston Castle Benefit Paracon, Ghost Fest IV aboard the Queen Mary, and most recently at Amy Bruni’s Strange Escapes: Seaside Spirits at the RMS Queen Mary, among others. Additionally, Nicole is frequently sought after for various radio, television, film and newspaper interviews. She has recently come out with her own website and blog devoted to her love for to the Queen Mary, at http://www.spiritedqueenmary.com.
Nicole has been featured on local news channels’ San Diego Living, Good Morning San Diego, KPBS Evening Edition, Channel 8 Morning News, national television, film and DVD documentaries. Nicole has appeared on Travel Channel’s Ghost Stories, in an episode devoted to the Linda Vista Hospital and has also appeared in Biography Channel’s My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera, discussing some interesting experiences from the William Heath Davis House, located in San Diego, California. She appeared on Central California Paranormal Investigators Paranormal Journeys TV show in May of 2015, talking about her research aboard the liner.
Nicole is the executive producer of and co-host to "Haunted Voices" radio with host Todd Bates, one of the longest running alternative talk radio shows. On October 8, 2020, she debuted her own radio show, "The Afterlife Chronicles and Beyond" on the same WLTK-db "The Let's Talk" network. Her show was recently selected by Feedspot as one of the top 25 programs on the afterlife.
In 2016, Nicole signed on with Paranormal Underground Magazine as a writer and correspondent, typically writing monthly and/or quarterly articles. For more information on the magazine, please visit http://www.paranormalunderground.net The San Diego Paranormal Research Society (SDPRS) enjoys hosting its Spirits of the Adobe Tours at the Rancho Buena Vista Adobe in Vista, California. For more information, please visithttp://www.vistarecreation.com
Nicole enjoys working with other paranormal researchers in the field as she believes that through diligent research, teamwork and collaboration, we will all better understand the vast field of the paranormal.
Ali Schreiber - Co-Director | Contributing Author
Ali is the co-director of the San Diego Paranormal Research Society and the co-host of the Spirits of the Adobe tours at the Rancho Buena Vista Adobe. A veteran paranormal researcher, she has a lot of experience working in the paranormal realm. Prior to joining the SDPRS team in 2014, she worked with another local research team.
Ali is one of those investigators who has a natural ability working with spiritual entities and a keen eye for reviewing and analyzing case study data. Both she and Nicole Strickland have a beautiful working partnership and "mojo" - often thinking of the same thing at the same time in regards to research work. Furthermore, Ali was a major contributor to the book Spirits of Rancho Buena Vista Adobe authored by Nicole Strickland. As the owner of her own child daycare company, she is extremely valuable on cases involving children.
Associate Members and Consultants
Todd Bates - Broadcasting Specialist | Radio Host | Audio Expert
Chances are you’ll find him in a mysterious abandoned home, walls yellowed by age and doors teetering precariously on their hinges. Maybe a murder occurred or perhaps a fire. Whatever the case, Todd Bates is on the scene for a singular task: listening for voices of the dead. Electronic Voice Phenomenon (commonly referred to as “EVP”) is spirit voices captured on a digital or analog recording device that were not heard with the naked ear at the time of their recording. For Todd, collecting this specialized evidence of paranormal origin is a life calling. After years of personally investigating the mysteries of EVP and studying under a pioneering figure in the field, Sarah Estep, he took his passion to the internet. Now in its 10th year, www.hauntedvoices.com has quickly grown to be one of the most successful paranormal talk shows on the internet. The site is also the home to the WLTK-db network, and legally registered in Ashland, OH. Todd’s flagship station, Pop Odyssey Productions Inc. provides audio material 24 hours a day.
Television: Advisor for “A Haunting” on the Discovery Channel (“Sallies House” episode); WTHI TV (CBS affiliate) “The Ashmore Experiment” 2 day event. Appeared on WTWO (NBC Affiliate). Radio: Todd currently has 12 years of broadcasting experience under the Haunted Voices Radio brand and enjoys discussing all things paranormal with his guests and audience. Todd’s radio hosting career began with Dr. Ed Craft of Magick Mind Radio (An IBC Network Program). He was offered a co-host spot with Dr. Jimmy Lowery of “Alabama Para Spiritual Radio” (APSR Radio) and was then given the opportunity to host his own live show on the BBS Radio Network where he discussed all topics paranormal. He has since appeared on The Man Cow Show, WTAY FM, WTYE AM Crawford County, IL, WZPL 99.5 Indianapolis, IN, X-zone Radio, Voice of America, and The Jeff Rense Show. Each has been a valuable experience to share his vast knowledge of the paranormal.
Marie D. Jones - Best-Selling Author | Researcher
Marie D. Jones is the best-selling author of 18 non-fiction books on the paranormal, ancient knowledge, unknown mysteries, UFOs and alien technology, mind control, conspiracy theories, metaphysics, spirituality, and cutting-edge science, including “PSIence,” “Destiny VS. Choice,” “Supervolcano,” “The Déjà vu Enigma,” “11:11 – The Time Prompt Phenomenon,” “Mind Wars,” and “The Power of Archetypes.” Her newest releases include “The Disaster Survival Guide,” “Celebrity Ghosts and Notorious Hauntings,” “Earth Magic,” and “Ancient Technologies: Lost Sciences of the Gods.” She is also a novelist, with two middle grade novels debuting in 2018/2019: “EKHO- Evil Kid Hunting Organization” written with her son, Max, and “Shadowlanders,” illustrated by master artist Sam Shearon, and the fantasy NA novel, “Black Wolf, White Swan.”
She has appeared on the History Channel’s “Nostradamus Effect” and “Ancient Aliens” television series. A former radio show host herself, she has been interviewed on over 2,000 radio shows and podcasts worldwide, including Coast to Coast AM, and in dozens of print and online publications. She has lectured at events across the country on a variety of subjects. She is a former MUFON field investigator in both Los Angeles and San Diego.
Marie has published hundreds of blogs, guest blogs, articles, essays and reviews and formerly served as a staff blogger for the Paranormal Braintrust and a regular contributor to Intrepid Magazine, New Dawn Magazine, Paranormal Underground, Paranoia Magazine, Atlantis Rising and FATE Magazine. She is also an optioned screenwriter with projects in various stages of development with Bright Frontier Films/MDR Entertainment, including a sci-fi/adventure, “Project Aurora.” She is venturing into producing with her own company, “Where’s Lucy? Productions” and is currently developing the Maybelline cosmetics family story for television. She is also an indie filmmaker with a short film, “Kings Boulevard” to her credit, and two upcoming features in pre-production for 2019/2020. Her website is www.mariedjones.com.
Jason Cobb - Paranormal Investigator
Bio coming soon!
Tami Benjamin - Paranormal Investigator
Bio coming soon!
Thomas Durant - Consultant | The Paranormal Consultation Network
Since 2000-2001, Thomas has been studying the paranormal, spirituality, the occult sciences, various theologies and mythologies and the phenomenon known as “Shadow People.” Early on, Thomas began coupling his spiritual studies with researching more technical-based investigative methodologies. This led him to contact numerous established paranormal teams, and by 2004, he was part of two notable paranormal groups based out of Massachusetts. Starting in 2007, after working and consulting with numerous teams and independent researchers across the country, Thomas began giving lectures at conferences, private functions and college campuses. Topics have included Shadow People, Malevolent Hauntings, Spiritual Protection and Introduction to Paranormal Investigation and Team Unity. Primarily functioning as a Paranormal Consultant, Tom works with families and clients to help teach spiritual awareness and aid the relief of malevolent activity.
Dawn Short - Spiritual Consultant | Psychic Medium
Dawn is a Medium, Shaman, and Paranormal Investigator for two teams, and consultant for a third.
Dawn was specifically chosen with great honor by Willie Windwalker Gibson to be his Legacy Shaman, as he has no biological children to pass on his teachings. (Native American based Shamanism) She has learned a great deal from Willie and although now a shaman herself, remains learning and encourages others to continue to learn about their own abilities. Willie has given her the Native name of “BrightStar”. Dawn was also very honored with being chosen to be the first and only female member of the Paranormal Clergy Team by Bishop James Long.
Recently, Dawn was featured in the documentary “Tombstone Diaries”, along with the Soul Warriors Supernatural Team. This documentary is based on the investigation of Eastern Cemetery in 2013. “Tombstone Diaries” DVD was released at a recent paranormal convention, now available for purchase for those interested.
Along with being a medium, Dawn has clairvoyant, empathic, psychic, and clairalience abilities, as well as others. The ability to remote view and photo scrying has helped in many investigations over the last few years. Dawn has also learned she has the ability to read in the form of psychometry, which she continues to work on. She has been called a “skeptical medium” by many, which she completely agrees with as it’s how she works. It is a part of who she is.
Dawn has had several years experience as an internet radio Host, Producer, DJ for her own music shows, and Talent Producer. She hosted and produced for her own shows, and produced for others, such as “UFO Talk” (no longer aired), and Talent Producer for Steven LaChance’s “The FEAR”. Dawn also did a variety of commercials, promos, etc. for internet radio shows. She is now enjoying invitations to guest on others shows, including CBS, Sirius XM, and a variety of internet radio networks. She is also a published columnist, having her own column for a paranormal online magazine for about one year.
Current Online Radio Networks Dawn is Host and Producer for:
ParaRock TV and Uber City Radio
Personal experiences include a near death experience after a surgery many years ago, living with paranormal activity, both good and not so good at different times of her life, visions of life occurrances coming true in complete detail, among other things.
Dawn is available for radio shows, paranormal and spiritual events and conventions, speaking, small group galleries, and of course individual readings. To book Dawn, please contact her via Facebook message or at dawnpara28@gmail.com
- Soul Warriors Supernatural Team – Founder, Willie Windwalker Gibson
- Paranormal Clergy – Founder, Bishop James Long
- San Diego Paranormal Research Society – Consultant
Dawn was specifically chosen with great honor by Willie Windwalker Gibson to be his Legacy Shaman, as he has no biological children to pass on his teachings. (Native American based Shamanism) She has learned a great deal from Willie and although now a shaman herself, remains learning and encourages others to continue to learn about their own abilities. Willie has given her the Native name of “BrightStar”. Dawn was also very honored with being chosen to be the first and only female member of the Paranormal Clergy Team by Bishop James Long.
Recently, Dawn was featured in the documentary “Tombstone Diaries”, along with the Soul Warriors Supernatural Team. This documentary is based on the investigation of Eastern Cemetery in 2013. “Tombstone Diaries” DVD was released at a recent paranormal convention, now available for purchase for those interested.
Along with being a medium, Dawn has clairvoyant, empathic, psychic, and clairalience abilities, as well as others. The ability to remote view and photo scrying has helped in many investigations over the last few years. Dawn has also learned she has the ability to read in the form of psychometry, which she continues to work on. She has been called a “skeptical medium” by many, which she completely agrees with as it’s how she works. It is a part of who she is.
Dawn has had several years experience as an internet radio Host, Producer, DJ for her own music shows, and Talent Producer. She hosted and produced for her own shows, and produced for others, such as “UFO Talk” (no longer aired), and Talent Producer for Steven LaChance’s “The FEAR”. Dawn also did a variety of commercials, promos, etc. for internet radio shows. She is now enjoying invitations to guest on others shows, including CBS, Sirius XM, and a variety of internet radio networks. She is also a published columnist, having her own column for a paranormal online magazine for about one year.
Current Online Radio Networks Dawn is Host and Producer for:
ParaRock TV and Uber City Radio
Personal experiences include a near death experience after a surgery many years ago, living with paranormal activity, both good and not so good at different times of her life, visions of life occurrances coming true in complete detail, among other things.
Dawn is available for radio shows, paranormal and spiritual events and conventions, speaking, small group galleries, and of course individual readings. To book Dawn, please contact her via Facebook message or at dawnpara28@gmail.com