Investigator Profile: Traci Boiselle, Team Lead

For as long as I can remember I have been intrigued by the paranormal, the notion that a person could go on after death.  Though I didn't grow up in a house that was haunted or have paranormal encounters as a child I read every book that I could.  Books full of ghost stories and tales of hauntings.  When Ghost Hunters first aired on Sci Fi it seemed totally naturally to me that it was something I would become an avid fan of.  It seemed that the TAPS team founded by Jay Hawes and Grant Wilson looked at things the way that I did...analytically and logically.  From them I learned about debunking, the process of trying to disprove a haunting by looking for reasonable, explainable causes for the claims of the client.  For fourteen years I worked as a research scientist for a major pharmaceutical company so research and experimentation made me search for answers with physical evidence as is the cornerstone for the TAPS philosophy. 

In August 2008 I was invited to join the TAPS Home Team and I could not have been more honored or excited.  I was about to begin an adventure which would change my life.  I was learning from the most knowledgeable researchers in the paranormal field and I was visiting amazing places beyond my imagination.  Over the past two years with the group I have had some incredible experiences that have made me sure that the other side is closer than we think...that it is all around us if we just look for it.  Now as the Team Lead  and Case Manager for the TAPS Home Team, I am so proud of what the group stands for.  The thrill of seeing our team work together to help those in need, and to have a great time investigating and just being a family is more rewarding than I can describe.

Besides paranormal investigation,  my hobbies include horseback riding, hiking and enjoying the outdoors.  I am a certified personal trainer and currently work at the Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Ct as an exhibit interpreter.  Surrounded by amazing marine mammals, fish and birds I get to spend my work day teaching guests to appreciate and protect our oceans.