About Legend Tripping

Jeff Belanger - author, podcaster, lecturer, and television host.
Jeff Belanger – author, podcaster, lecturer, and television host.

Legend Tripping is a movement that’s been happening for thousands of years. In modern times, the movement has gotten a little distracted with technical gadgets and paranormal reality shows that ventured too far away from the great stories that have captivated humans for millennia. Our goal is to get back on track. To seek out the paranormal wherever it may lead: in churches, UFO landing sites, haunted buildings, or within library books. These great stories bind humanity together, they are a part of us. And oftentimes… it’s not just a story. Legends are living, breathing entities. They are born, they can wander (or stay put), give birth to children, sleep, and they can die.

LegendTripping.com was founded by Jeff Belanger. Belanger is one of the most visible and prolific researchers of legends and lore today, and he’s the founder of the

Jeff got his start as a journalist in 1997, where he learned how to connect with people from all walks of life. For his work, he’s interviewed thousands of people about their encounters with the profound.

His books include the best sellers: The World’s Most Haunted PlacesWeird MassachusettsOur Haunted Lives, The Call of Kilimanjaro, and Who’s Haunting the White House?. He founded Ghostvillage.com in 1999—one of the Web’s most popular paranormal destinations—and he’s a noted speaker and media personality. He was featured in the 100th episode of Stories from the Stage on PBS, he’s given a TEDx talk in New York City, and he spoke at MENSA’s national conference.

Belanger has written for newspapers like The Boston Globe and USA Today, and has served as the writer and researcher on numerous television series including every single episode of Ghost Adventures (25 seasons and counting), Paranormal Challenge, and Aftershocks on the Trvl Channel and Discovery+, and Amish Haunting on Destination America. He’s been featured on-camera as an expert and investigator on several Shock Docs on the Trvl Channel and Discovery+, and he’s been a guest on hundreds of radio, podcast, and television networks and programs including: The History Channel, The Trvl Channel, Biography Channel, Reelz, PBS, NECN, Living TV (UK), Sunrise 7 (Australia), Bell (Canada), The Maury ShowThe CBS News Early ShowCBS Sunday Morning, FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS affiliates, National Public RadioThe BBCDarkness Radio, Australian Radio Network, and Coast to Coast AM.

legend tripping movement and is the host and producer of the New England Legends series which debuts on PBS in October of 2013.

Since 1997, the journalist has interviewed thousands of eyewitnesses to paranormal occurrences. He’s the ultimate insider and knows how to connect with people from all walks of life when it comes to the unexplained.

He is the author of a dozen books on the paranormal (published in six languages) including the best sellers: The World’s Most Haunted Places, Weird Massachusetts, Our Haunted Lives, and Who’s Haunting the White House? (for children). He’s the founder of Ghostvillage.com, the Web’s most popular paranormal destination according to Google.com, and a noted speaker and media personality.

He’s also the host of the cable/Web talk show, 30 Odd Minutes which is available in over 9 million homes in the United States and Europe on Sky TV. Belanger has written for newspapers like The Boston Globe and is the series writer and researcher for Ghost Adventures on the Travel Channel. He’s been a guest on hundreds of radio and television programs including: The History Channel, The Travel Channel, Biography Channel, PBS, NECN, Living TV (UK), The Maury Show, The CBS News Early Show, CBS Sunday Morning, FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS affiliates, National Public Radio, The BBC, Darkness Radio, Australian Radio Network, and Coast to Coast AM.

LegendTripping.com will continue to expand as others share their paranormal tales and legend trips. We’d love to hear from you too!