Children: He Is A Father Of 5 Kids, 3 Girls and 2 Boys
Job: Roto Rootor Plumber and TAPS Founder/Lead Investigator
Nickname: Jay
Myspace URL: http://www.myspace.com/jasonhawes
Books: The Zombie Survival Handbook
Orientation: Straight
Body type: 6' 1" / Average
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Education: College graduate
Small Biography:
Jason Conrad Hawes (born December 27, 1971 in Canandaigua, New York) is the founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), based in Warwick, Rhode Island. He is also one of the stars and co-producers of Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters, which, as of November 2007, is now ending its 3rd season.
Hawes has varied interests outside of TAPS, which include the fine arts, fishing, martial arts, camping, hiking, writing books and screenplays, and even cooking. He also spends a great deal of time participating in charity events, raising money for everything from "Cure Kids' Cancer" to "Papers in Education." In addition, he has written four sci-fi/thriller screenplays. He and his wife, Kris, have five children - three girls and a set of twin boys.
Hawes and Grant Wilson are best friends, and were coworkers when they shared a day job as plumbers for Roto Rooter.
Facts:
Jason Graduated from Toll Gate High School in Warwick, Rhode Island, class of 1990.
Jason is originally from Avon, New York near Rochester.
Jason Founded The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) in 1990 after having a paranormal experience of his own. Since then he has become a very well known and well respected paranormal researcher. In 2004 he and TAPS became the subject of the documentary series "Ghost Hunters" on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Jason's top five shows are: The Shield, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, The Sopranos, and Ghost Hunters.
Jason often says he loves to go fishing.
Jason Hawes' Quotes:
Reporter: What's your take on mediums like John Edwards?
Jason: I don't know John personally so I really can't state anything on him. But generally I do believe in "sensitives." I just believe there are a lot of people out there who believe they're sensitive who aren't. A lot of times you find them with a 1-900 number attached to their names.
Jason: Over 80 percent of all the cases can be disproved. Now that last 20 percent that's left, we're not saying it's proof of a ghost. A chair sliding across the floor by itself isn't showing me that it's the dead light keeper Ed pushing that chair. What it's telling me is that a chair doesn't slide across the floor by itself. So it's paranormal, para just meaning above the norm
Interviewer: What's the spookiest or most active location you've investigated?
Jason: Eastern State Penitentiary is definitely at the top of my list. I also love Race Rock Lighthouse in Long Island Sound
Jason: TAPS is made up of so many different people: psychiatrists, forensic scientists, nuclear physicists, police officers, biologists, lawyers, doctors, even stay-at-home moms. We've even got people from the FBI and Secret Service, the Department of Defense, but we can't show those people on TV because, of course, they're classified.
Jason: There are a lot of things that we can never show on TV. We've got a lot of past cases that are confidential. But we've worked on possession cases. You've got a 9-year-old little girl speaking in Latin and flipping out on you. We've worked on cases where furniture rearranged itself at 3AM every night. We caught some of that on film, but we ended up handing that over to the Catholic Church and they took control of that case.
Jason: I had a personal experience and I just always keep it personal, but before that time I didn't believe in anything with the paranormal. It became my passion to try to put some kind of a scientific spin on this, try to really understand how it's actually feasible that after you pass you could still be sort of here.
Jason: What makes us so unique is when TAPS comes in we try to dis-prove a haunting.
(After asked about Brian, one of the people that works with TAPS)
Jason: I have done everything I can for Brian. I have helped him out. I have taken him in at times when he's been pretty much homeless and gotten him back on his feet. It's tough, because to see him fall again it really hits you where it hurts. Me and Brian have a real good friendship and I'm still talking with Brian.
(After asked about the one tip he could give a amateur ghost hunter)
Jason: First off, if you're ever investigating the paranormal, never go off alone. There are safety factors, there's also the reason where if you believe you've seen something and you're alone, there's nobody to back it up. Also, you don't have to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to investigate the paranormal. You can spend $200 – $300 to start investigating.
Jason: At first, me and Grant were working full time and we were doing like 120 hours a week and it just wasn't working. Roto Rooter is a great company and they're extremely lenient when it comes to the filming schedule. We're extremely busy, we're always out filming but when it comes to the family time we make the best of it. And I've got five kids, so I need to make the best of it.
Interviewer: What haunted locations are on your wish list?
Jason: I'd love to get overseas and check out some of the places in England and Scotland, which are said to be just notoriously haunted. Everything from Borley Rectory down to castles in Scotland.
Jason: I had a personal experience and I just always keep it personal, but before that time I didn't believe in anything with the paranormal. It became my passion to try to put some kind of a scientific spin on this, try to really understand how it's actually feasible that after you pass you could still be sort of here.
Jason: Grant and I started TAPS after we had our own personal experiences.
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