About Ghostly Activities

Ghostly Activities is an independent paranormal media publication exploring haunted places, ghost stories, dark folklore, ghost hunting, and the unexplained.

Since 2013, Ghostly Activities has documented paranormal investigations, preserved local legends, examined strange encounters, tested ghost-hunting equipment, and shared practical field advice through articles, podcast episodes, and documentary videos.

Some stories begin in an archive. Others begin with footsteps in an empty hallway.

Ghostly Activities follows both.

Field Notes from the Spooky Side

Ghostly Activities is made for ghost hunters, paranormal enthusiasts, folklore fans, and anyone who enjoys a good mystery after dark.

The publication approaches the paranormal with curiosity rather than certainty. A haunting may involve history, folklore, human perception, environmental conditions, personal experience, or something that remains unexplained.

The goal is not to declare every ghost story true. It is not to explain every experience away, either.

The goal is to document what happened, find the story behind it, and give readers enough context to decide what they think.

What You’ll Find Here

Ghostly Activities covers several connected parts of the paranormal world.

Haunted Places and Field Reports

Follow investigations, haunted road trips, legend trips, and visits to places with strange histories. These reports combine historical research, observations from the location, personal experiences, and any evidence collected along the way.

Not every investigation produces something paranormal. Those quiet nights are reported, too.

True Ghost Stories

Ghostly Activities shares firsthand encounters, reader stories, historical accounts, and original ghost stories inspired by the traditions of ghostlore.

The focus is always on the people inside the story, not merely the thing haunting them.

Folklore and Urban Legends

Ghosts rarely arrive without rules, warnings, rituals, or stories attached to them.

Ghostly Activities examines spectral figures, cursed roads, haunted objects, dangerous games, dark folklore, and urban legends from the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Documented history, traditional folklore, and modern storytelling are identified whenever possible so readers can see how a legend developed.

Ghost Hunting Methods and Equipment

Ghost hunting should involve more than watching a gadget blink.

Ghostly Activities explains how paranormal equipment is supposed to work, what it actually measures, when it may be useful, and what can create false readings.

You will also find investigation methods, field checklists, evidence reviews, safety advice, and practical lessons learned during real ghost hunts.

Podcasts and Documentary Video

The Ghostly Activities podcast brings investigations, haunted history, folklore, personal encounters, interviews, and ghost stories into an audio format.

Documentary videos take viewers into haunted locations and show what happened during the investigation, including the moments when nothing happened at all.

Ghostly Activities by the Numbers

Since its launch, Ghostly Activities has reached:

Those numbers represent years of investigations, research, production, and conversations with people who have their own strange stories to tell.

More importantly, they represent a community of readers, listeners, viewers, ghost hunters, and spooky people who keep returning to explore the unknown.

How Ghostly Activities Works

Research comes before investigation whenever possible.

That may include old newspapers, property records, death certificates, historical archives, books, maps, oral histories, witness accounts, and previous paranormal reports.

On location, the investigation centers on human experience. Cameras, audio recorders, environmental meters, and other devices can support the investigation, but they do not replace careful observation.

Ghostly Activities follows a few basic principles:

• History and folklore are not interchangeable. Both matter, but they should be identified accurately.
• Personal experiences deserve context. What happened before, during, and after an encounter matters.
• Equipment readings require explanation. A flashing light or changing number is not automatically paranormal evidence.
• Unverified claims remain unverified. Repetition does not turn a story into a historical fact.
• Nothing happening is still a result. Ghostly Activities does not manufacture evidence to make an investigation more exciting.
• Respect comes first. Haunted places were once homes, hospitals, workplaces, gathering places, and scenes of real human lives.

The paranormal should be fun to explore but it should also be documented honestly.

How It Started

The story behind Ghostly Activities began in Chicago in 2007.

Founder Jacob Rice encountered an apparition in the elevator of his apartment building. He believed it was his late grandfather, although he did not recognize him immediately.

The encounter frightened him. It also left him with questions.

What had happened? Why had it happened there? Was the apparition trying to communicate? What other stories were hidden inside supposedly haunted places?

Jacob began investigating those questions, and Ghostly Activities, the ghost hunting team, followed in 2009.

Meet the Publisher

Jacob Rice is the founder, publisher, writer, investigator, podcast host, and documentary producer behind Ghostly Activities.

He researches haunted history, investigates paranormal claims, reviews ghost-hunting technology, records firsthand experiences, and turns those findings into articles, podcasts, and videos.

His approach combines historical research, field investigation, technical communication, and a lifelong love of ghost stories.

Jacob does not claim to have solved the mystery of ghosts. He simply believes the mystery deserves to be documented.

Adventures with the Ghostly Club

The Ghostly Club is the unofficial crew behind many of the adventures featured on Ghostly Activities. We explore haunted places, investigate strange stories, test ghost-hunting equipment, take spooky road trips, and occasionally spend the night somewhere we probably shouldn’t.

The lineup may change from one adventure to the next. What matters is the experience: following local legends, looking for signs of the unexplained, and having some fun along the way.

These aren’t polished television investigations with dramatic music and perfectly timed apparitions. They’re real outings with wrong turns, equipment problems, nervous laughter, late-night snacks, and the occasional moment we can’t quite explain.

Join the Ghostly Activities Community

Ghostly Activities is a clubhouse for people who enjoy haunted places, eerie stories, strange history, paranormal investigations, and the occasional unexplained noise in an otherwise empty room.

Explore the latest articles, listen to the podcast, watch the documentaries, follow along on the next ghostly adventure, or leave comments with your thoughts.

Welcome to the spooky side!