Patti Starr, Certified Ghost Hunter, is a ghost researcher, author, lecturer, consultant, dowser, and teacher with over thirty years of ghost investigation experience. Her first book, Ghost Hunting in Kentucky and Beyond, was published in 2002. Patti Starr is also the owner of Ghost Chasers International, Inc., and the Ghost Hunter Shop in Lexington, Kentucky, and she runs the Bardstown Ghost Trek. She taught ghosthunting courses at the Bluegrass Community and Technical College for seven years. Her Ghost Hunter Certification Home Study Course enrolls students from all over the world. Patti’s work has been documented in numerous newspapers and magazines including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Oracle 20/20, Ghost Magazine, and Southern Distinction. She is also a frequent guest on television and radio programs, including A&E Airline and the Food Network’s The Best of Fright Food, which was filmed at the haunted Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown, Kentucky. Haunted America Tours voted Patti one of the Top Ten Ghost Hunter Paranormal Investigators in America from 2007–2010. Patti also produces the annual ScareFest Horror and Paranormal Convention in Lexington, Kentucky, the largest of its kind in America.