Michael Kravchuk has been poking around in the dark since he was a kid. Growing up with shows like In Search of and Unsolved Mysteries, Michael’s interest into the Paranormal grew. Believing we cannot prove what we cannot document, his ghost hunting moved from cameras and tape recorders, to full spectrum cameras and ultra-sonic amplifiers. In 2009, he developed ghostgadgetguy.com to take an open minded approach to review the latest tools and devices in the ghost hunters arsenal.

How did you first become interested in ghosts, and what attracted you to the technological aspects of paranormal investigation?

While other kids were reading Archie comics, I was reading Hans Holzer. Living in Chicago, I was fortunate to be able to visit many of the famous haunted locations, The Country House, The Red Lion Pub, Hull House, Excalibur, etc. I always looked beyond the legend for logical explanations for hauntings. But sometimes, the preponderance of similar stories and phenomena led me to believe that there had to be something paranormal happening. It was the ability to capture and track these phenomena that intrigued me.

During your travels to paranormal hotspots, you claim to have experienced disembodied voices, cold spots, and hair that stood up on your neck, among other things – which paranormal experience has been the most convincing for you?

My earliest “what the heck” moment was at the Country House in Clarendon Hills. Years before I ever heard the legends, I was visiting the restaurant and kept hearing a baby crying. My friend claimed she couldn’t hear the baby, but I kept hearing this child cry. I actually left the bar area and walked through the restaurant and couldn’t find the poor thing. When I returned to the bar, the crying continued. It wasn’t until years later I heard the legends. Having someone blow in my ear at the Red Lion Pub, and getting grabbed at the Coronado Theater (neither with anyone near me), was pretty amazing too.

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