East Palestine native starts paranormal group after spirit encounters
Ghost Hunter
Paranormal Investigator Jennifer Albert of East Palestine, OH describes her work.
It all started for Jennifer Albert about four years ago when a lamp cord would not leave her alone.
Albert, 26, an East Palestine native with a bachelor’s degree in social science from Cleveland State University, was standing by herself under a lamp cord that seemed to take on a life of its own.
The cord would sway back and forth, hit the wall, lift up and point straight at her, she said.
Albert called a family member into the room to witness the phenomenon, and both thought it was a sign that a family member who had died recently was all right — wherever she had gone.
The experience wasn’t the first for Albert, who said she’s had similar ones every time a family member, friend or even a pet died. The feelings grew stronger as she got older, too.
Call them hauntings, call it a sixth sense on Albert’s part, call it whatever you will if you don’t believe in ghosts or the supernatural because, like she says, you probably never will if that’s the case.
She founded the Cleveland Paranormal Research Society and there’s a market for it, too.
The idea came after Albert spoke with Nick Groff and Zak Bagans at an event at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield about three years ago. Groff and Bagans, along with Aaron Goodwin, hunt ghosts and conduct research at eerie locations everywhere for the Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures,” which debuted in 2008.
Learn more about her journey and organization in Friday's Vindicator and on Vindy.com.