Career
Over three decades of his writing career, he has written many articles and books on the subject of the supernatural. Whitington has researched and explored haunted locations across the United States, and claims to have had many encounters with the supernatural. Whitington earned a degree from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, Texas, in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis in Computing Science, in 1982.
He is a frequent speaker at conferences across the nation, and has appeared on radio and television throughout the United States and Canada.
His haunted travel guide series contains regional works including "Ghosts of North Texas" and "Ghosts of East Texas and the Pineywoods", and "A Ghost In My Suitcase: A Guide To Haunted Travel In America". Books by the Author
Debunking the year 2000 Terrors & Tales (1998)
The Art of the Press Kit (2000)
The Four-Prong Approach to Book Marketing (2002)
Ghosts of North Texas (2002)
Ghosts of East Texas and the Pineywoods (2004)
A Ghost in My Suitcase (2005)
Angels of Oakwood (2006)
Natchez: The History & Mystery of the City on the Bluff (2008)
Number Hope! The Story of the Great Red River Raft (2009)
Jefferson: The History & Mystery of the City on the Bayou (2011)
Images of America: Jefferson, Texas (2012)
The Light at the Top of the Mountain (2013)
Anthologies
Spirits of Blue & Gray - Ghosts of the Civil War (1999)
The Archives of Arrissia (2000)
13 Nights of Blood: Legends of the Vampire (2002)
Haunted Encounters: Real-Life Stories of Supernatural Encounters (2003)
Haunted Encounters: Personal Stories of Departed Pets (2004)
Haunted Encounters: Ghost Stories from Around the World (2004)
Haunted Encounters: Departed Family and Friends (2005)
Ghostly Tails From America"s Jails (2006)
Nights of Blood 2: More Tales of the Vampire (2009)
Dead Secretariat: A Zombie Anthology (2010)
Haunted Texas Highways (2012)
Civil War Veterans in Oakwood Cemetery (2012)
Telling Tales of Terror (2012)
Antebellum Homes of Jefferson (2013)
HGTV"s "If Walls Could Talk"
William Shatner"s "Weird or What"
A&East Biography Channel"s "My Ghost Story"
Animal Planet"s "Southern Fried Bigfoot"
Public Broadcasting Service" "The DayTripper with Chet Garner"
Showtime"s "Penn & Teller"s Bullsh*t"
HGTV"s "Home, Strange Home"
HGTV"s "America"s Creepiest Homes".