Bud Steed

A published writer and accomplished photographer, Bud Steed, author of the Haunted Natchez Trace, the Haunted Mississippi Gulf Coast, Haunted Baton Rouge and a new Kindle eBook series titled America's Ghosts, devotes his time between writing, photography, paranormal investigations and historical research into potentially haunted sites. A self-described "history geek", his focus on the history of the allegedly haunted areas and the personal histories of those who lived and died there, has enabled him to gain a unique perspective into the reported hauntings of some of the historical sites and areas that he has investigated and written about. A naturally inquisitive person, his combination of historical research and the collecting of folk stories related to hauntings, have resulted in three of his books being accepted to, and included in, the Library of Congress. Bud has been investigating the paranormal for nearly 30 years and is the co-founder of Infinity Paranormal Research and the Co-Director and Investigation Manager for The Ozarks Paranormal Society (TOPS). In 2011 Bud assisted TOPS with the investigation of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield and the historic Ray House. This was the first time that a paranormal investigation team had been issued a federal permit to legally access the battlefield and historical buildings for the purpose of an overnight investigation. The investigation produced interesting results and captured the attention of the Travel Channel who filmed a second investigation for their series, Legends of the Ozarks; the second investigation produced even more startling evidence of hauntings at Wilson's Creek.