Many people have asked me over the years if I believe in the power of crystals or use crystals during investigations. The answer is yes to both questions.
I LOVE crystals, period! I think they are beautiful and yes, they do work, at least they do for me.  I have had great success with several different ones and here are a few of my favorites and are also used by some of my friends in the field.
First off, amethysts are my al time favorite and I feel a great connection towards them. Amethysts are used to remove negative thoughts and they seem to be a protection crystal for me keeping away negative energy as well. Kunzite dispels negativity, Green Tourmaline protects the aura against negative forces, and black tourmaline deflects negative energy away and sends it back to the sender.
There are many different crystals for keeping away negative energy or thoughts. Clear quartz is good for so many things and is a good one for everyone.
However, crystals aren’t for everyone. If you don’t believe in them, they most likely won’t work for you. A lot of it does have to do with your belief system. All I can say is I believe in them and they do help me a lot.
As for picking out a crystal, well, all of us who believe in them believe the crystals pick us. It may sound crazy but I don’t know how many times searching for a certain type through a basket of 25 of the same crystal, it always seems that one calls on you. I know, I know, it sounds crazy but ask anyone who uses or wears crystals.

~Jamie Pearce
Founder Historic Haunts Investigations

Angela has had a few experiences of her own which only have furthered her interest in the paranormal.  One was at the St. Augustine lighthouse! She will be a good addition to the team because she comes from a scientific background. She majored in photography and minored in anthropology which has helped her look at things differently than other people.

Ghosts aren’t always people, they are animals too. Like the one who has been with me for over the last six years.
I have a phantom feline who resides with us and her name is Comso. She was 13 years old when I lost her in 2008. I still miss my little fur ball but she moved in with me not too long after she passed.
Cosmo appears from time to time and even ghostly meows have been heard. She even teases our living cat Griffin, which honestly is very funny.
When my husband and I first moved in together I warned him about her and he experienced Cosmo first hand a short time later.
I often think about Cosmo and it is good to know she is still with me after all these years and a 600 plus mile move.

~Jamie Pearce
Author/Founder of Historic Haunts

My second UFO occurrence is when I lived in the mountains of North Carolina. We lived in an area known as “Haunted Hollow”. My mom had gone to her bedroom and when the lights were all off my mom called for me to hurry to her room. I just wanted to go to sleep and hollered out, “What?” She shouts, “Hurry!!” So I get up and go to my mom’s room and find her sitting on the end of her bed staring out the window. I went to her bed and sat down next to her and asked what was wrong and she wouldn’t take her eyes away from looking out the window.
There on the mountains across the ridge maybe a mile or so away was a strange band of five lights hovering over the tops of the trees. Red and yellow lights darting back and forth across something we could not see because the brightness of the lights was so bright we could not see it.
We sat there for a while watching this thing just hover for at least five minutes when all of a sudden it darted straight up to the sky faster than anything from this earth could have flown. We just sat there looking at each other than looking out the window trying to figure out what we had seen.
A few months later, we heard something from something who lived just down the road from us talking about the mysterious lights in the night sky. Apparently it has been going on for years and seen by others, just most are too scared to talk about it.

~Jamie Pearce
Author/Founder of Historic Haunts Investigations