Brian Harnois

Brian Joseph Harnois is a former investigator with and on both Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters and Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters International. He has been on over 600 investigations in his 17 year career as a paranormal investigator and has been all over the world. He has logged 638 investigations worldwide. He has been to many major haunted places like Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Eastern State Penitentiary, The Shanley Hotel, Chillingham Castle, and many, many more. Brian has seen many different types of hauntings and paranormal activity. He has witnessed everything from residual hauntings, demonic possessions, and even came face to face twice with an inhuman entity. He is still doing paranormal research and has scheduled a bunch of events, lectures, radio shows, and conventions for 2009 as he continues to spread his knowledge of the paranormal to anyone that is interested. Brian is also in the middle of writing his book about his exploits in the paranormal field over his 17 year career.
Paranormal Career
Brian Harnois has been investigating alleged claims of the paranormal since 1992 when he was 15 years old. He had his first personal experience when he has only 11 years old while sleeping over his friend Josh Gravel's house. As they were getting ready to go to sleep, they witnessed a full body apparition walk through the room. Brian has been hooked ever since. For the 4 years between his first experience and the start of his investigating career, Brian researched extensively about the supernatural. Going from library to library photocopying paranormal book after paranormal book, his knowledge of the field grew by leaps and bounds. This is when he first learned about who became his idol in the paranormal, DR. Hans Holzer. Brian read everything he could about and from Dr. Holzer including his favorite book The Ghost Hunter.
United States:
The Copperqueen Hotel - Bisbee, AZ
The Birdcage Theater - Tombstone, AZ
The O. K. Coral - Tombstone, AZ
Elkhorn Lodge - Estes Park, CO
The Stanley Hotel - Estes Park, CO (2 times)
Hartford Conservatory - Hartford, CT
Race Rock Lighthouse - Long Island Sound, CT (2 times)
The Lighthouse Inn - New London, CT
The Bradley Playhouse - Putnam, CT
Carousel Gardens - Seymour, CT
The Old Jail - St. Augustine, FL
The Spanish Military Hospital - St. Augustine, FL
St. Augustine Lighthouse - St. Augustine, FL
Colonial Park Cemetery - Savannah, GA
Moon River Brewing Company - Savannah, GA
Waverly Hills Sanatorium - Louisville, KY (2 times)
Willard Library - Evansville, IN
Masonic Temple - FOrt Wayne,IN
Brennan's Restaurant - New Orleans, LA
The Myrtles Plantation - St. Francisville, LA
Stone's Public House - Ashland, MA
Lizzie Borden House - Fall River, MA (2 times)
The Palladium Theater - Holliston, MA
Spider Gates Cemetery - Leicester, MA
The New Bedford Armory - New Bedford, MA
Hawthorne Hotel - Salem, MA
Lyceum Restaurant - Salem, MA
Salem Jail - Salem, MA
New Boston Inn - Sandisfield, MA
Bucksteep Manor - Washington, MA
Domani's Restaurant - Roselle Park, NJ
Valentown Museum - Canandaigua, NY
The Shanley Hotel - Napanoch, NY
The Stone Lion Inn - Guthrie, OK
The Altoona Railroad Museum - Altoona, PA (2 times)
The Baker Mansion - Altoona, PA
The Mishler Theater - Altoona, PA (3 times)
The Bedford Springs Hotel - Bedford, PA
The US Hotel - Bedford, PA
The Wheat Field - Gettysburg, PA
Eastern State Penitentiary - Philadelphia, PA(3 times)
The Topton House - Topton, PA
General Stanton Inn - Charlestown, RI
The Atwood House - Cranston, RI (Multiple times)
Cumberland Monastery - Cumberland, RI
Tower Hill Road - Cumberland, RI
The Ladd School - Exeter, RI (Multiple times)
Mercy Brown Cemetery - Exeter, RI (Multiple times)
Nelly Vaughn Cemetery - Exeter, RI (Multiple times)
Ram Tail Factory - Foster, RI
Fort Weatherall - Jamestown, RI
Belcourt Castle - Newport, RI
3 Steeple Street - Providence, RI
Brayton Cemetery - Warwick, RI
Warwick City Hall - Warwick, RI
Elder Ballou Cemetery - Woonsocket, RI
Precious Blood Cemetery - Woonsocket, RI (Multiple times)
Stagecoach Inn - Wyoming, RI
USS Lexington - Corpus Christi, TX
Yorktown Memorial Hospital - Yorktown, TX
West Virginia State Penitentiary - Moundsville, WV
Countless private residents
International:
Hellfire Caves - Buckinghamshire, England
Chillingham Castle - Chillingham, England
Woodchester Mansion - Gloucestershire, England
Bellgrave Hall - Leicester, England
Viaduct Tavern - London, England
The Black Horse Inn - Pluckley Village, England
The Screaming Woods - Pluckley Village, England
Reichenstein Castle - Germany
Leap Castle - Ireland
Lisheen Ruins - Ireland
Charleville Castle - Tullamore, Ireland
Lucedio Abbey - Turin, Italy
Larnach Castle - Dunedin, New Zealand
Opera House - Wellington, New Zealand
Theater - Wellington, New Zealand
Citadel Râsnov - Râsnov, Romania
Mary King's Close - Edinburgh, Scotland
The Ragged School - Edinburgh, Scotland
Orava Castle - Slovakia
Nanteos Mansion - Aberystwyth, Wales
<strong>Places Brian Wants To Investigate:</strong>
Ohio State Reformatory - Mansfield, OH
Woodman Circle Home - Sherman, TX
Trivia
* Harnois was once a security police officer for the United States Air Force.
* Harnois is currently married. He and wife Michelle have one daughter, Mackenzie Lee, born November 21, 2006.
* Harnois' most famous saying is "Dude, Run!" and "Do YOU have a catch phrase?"
* Harnois and his wife are currently expecting their second child due in late summer 2009

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