Background
Burns was born September 29, 1968, the youngest of four boys in Highland Park, Illinois, and grew up in Trout Valley, Illinois, where he graduated Cary-Grove High School in 1987.
founder paranormal investigator
Burns was born September 29, 1968, the youngest of four boys in Highland Park, Illinois, and grew up in Trout Valley, Illinois, where he graduated Cary-Grove High School in 1987.
Burns is also the organizer and director of Ghostock, paranormal enthusiast events held at various locations across the United States of America, and is a professional photographer through Patrick Burns Photography. After graduating high school, Burns enrolled in Columbia School of Broadcasting radio announcing curriculum. After completing the course of study, he worked in radio for a number of years.
Burns says that he had an uneventful childhood, with no exposure to paranormal activities, aside from what he read in books, until he was 18, at which time he began observing unusual phenomena.
Several years later, while living in northern Wisconsin, he heard from some friends speak about the Paulding Spook Light that appears nightly on a desolate road near the town of Watersmeet, Michigan, in the upper peninsula region. Burns states that he briefly investigated, and quickly determined that it was being caused by distant car headlights and tail lights - the highway wrapped around and was exposed through the trees where it crossed a hill about 5 miles away, however the encounter was inspiration to pursue a career as a paranormal investigator.
Burns is a frequent speaker at Dragon*Con, and goes by the handle Ghostgeek in the paranormal community. He lectures extensively across the United States at various paranormal conferences throughout the year, and at universities and colleges during the month of October.
In 2008, he appeared in a bonus material excerpt on the 25th anniversary Digital Video Disc of Poltergeist (film)
In 2011, he appeared as a recurring guest judge on two episodes of the Travel Channels Paranormal Challenge".
He is a professional photographer and shoots exclusively in infrared light. Burns is married to author Marley Gibson. The two of them currently travel the United States of America full-time in their Recreation Vehicle motor home as an event speakers.
He is the father of two sons.
