Heidi Hayes Interviews Paul Dale Roberts, Fortean Investigator

Question: How did you become interested in the paranormal?

Answer: When I was a little kid, I thought I lived in a haunted house on Effy Street in Fresno, California. When I grew older, I wanted answers. I wanted to know if that house was truly haunted or was I having childhood nightmares. I started reading books by Brad Steiger and became well-versed in the paranormal. Later, I was dating a ghost hunter named Julie English and she invited me to an HPI (Haunted and Paranormal Investigations International) at the National Hotel. She said…”Paul, since you are so well-versed in the paranormal, perhaps you should write an article about this ghost hunt.” The reason why she told me this, is because I was also a freelance journalist. I met the President of HPI named Shannon ‘Ms. Macabre’ McCabe and asked her if I could write an article. She grabbed my arm and said..”I love the press”, before I knew it I became HPI’s ghostwriter, paranormal investigator, core member. I am now the Owner of HPI and Chantal Apodaca – my side kick is the HPI General Manager. I am a journalist for Before its News, All Destiny Magazine, Phenomena Magazine UK and Paranormal Magazine UK. I opened the doors for all types of paranormal investigations, from UFOs to Bigfoot to Ghosts. I have been on over 700 paranormal investigations and have written over a thousand or so paranormal articles. I am now working on my 4th book – HPI Chronicles.

Question: How has your journey into the paranormal been? How has it evolved?

Answer: Costa Rica, Nicaragua & Panama; Skinwalker Ranch in Utah; Area 51; Tower of London; Stonehenge, the Bridge over River Kwai in Thailand, Bermuda Triangle, Mount Shasta.

Question: Has the paranormal impacted your life?

Answer: By being on documentaries, writing books now, instead of just articles.

Question: What are you doing now in your quest for the paranormal?

Answer: Making TV documentaries! Getting ready to go with Chantal to St. Augustine to do some investigating!

Question: What more would you like to do in your quest for the paranormal?

Answer: Make a million dollars, so I can buy better equipment and a mobile unit.

Question: Where in Sacramento have you investigated?

Answer: Probably over a hundred places, most are private residences. Many homes in the Pocket Area are haunted, because the newer homes over there have been built over a Portuguese cemetery. Many places in Old Sacramento such as the Fulton Underground, Evangelines, Delta King, Old Schoolyard, Firehouse, California Railroad Museum, Fanny Anns, Vegas, etc. The Martinez House on 22nd and H Street, Governor’s Mansion, Paradise Beach and a zillion other places. My best case in Sacramento is where I interviewed three witnesses that made claim that they saw the Mothman on top of the Tower Bridge. This generated enough news in which History Channel’s Monster Quest came to Sacramento to film a Mothman segment.

Question: What kind of training is involved in becoming a paranormal Investigator?

Answer: First off, you need someone to train you. Since I am familiar with various aspects of the paranormal, I do the training. Bigfoot, the collection of hair samples, scat, searching out for footprints, using Plaster of Paris for the impressions of footprints, using evidence bags, wood on wood communication. Bigfoot is known to hit wood on wood to communicate, etc. UFOs – laser lights and high powered flashlights for intelligent communication and responses, binocular and telescope use. When to take pictures. Cameras, telescopic lens. The use of psychics for communication to UFO occupants, etc. Ghost hunting, the use of FLIR (Forward Looking Infra-Red), EMF Readers, digital audio recorders, digital cameras, temperature gauges, etc. Well, I think you get the picture….

Question: What do you do in an investigation? Do you work in a group or alone?

Answer: Group. I break up the group usually into 3 teams and place the teams into 3 different sections of the building or home. The investigation will last for 45 minutes and then we have an evidence briefing. We will show the occupants the evidence we gathered in 45 minutes. We will have 3 investigative sessions for 45 minutes each. Each one will have an evidence briefing.

Question: What do you think about ghost hunter shows, do you think they are real or phony?

Answer: Most are legit, like Dead Files.

Question: What paranormal shows have you watched?

Answer: Just to name a few, they are: A Haunting, Celebrity Ghost Stories, Destination Truth, Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, Ghost Adventures (for the humor), Haunted History, Mystery Quest, Paranormal Cops (reruns), Psychic Kids – Children of the Paranormal (did you know that I met the producer of this show at the Coffee Garden in Sacramento – he was considering me as a consultant for the show), The Scariest Places on Earth, The Haunted (TV producers from this show called me a zillion times to find out if I investigated some ghostly animal cases), The Othersiders(the TV producer of this show contacted me too). As for regular shows, I enjoy: Ripper Street, The Following, Once Upon a Time, Game of Thrones, Being Human, The Americans and American Horror Story. Two movies I really enjoyed recently were: End of Watch and Compliance!

Question: Do you believe that people have to be born with the ability to see ghosts or can anyone see them?

Answer: I believe it is a gift that is given to you at birth. Most people have the ability up to the age of 8 and lose it. Others keep the gift.

Question: What paranormal experience affected your personal life?

Answer: I will never forget when my black Chow T-Rex was coughing and wanted outside. I thought he had an upset stomach. He went into the garage and sat in one place and would not move. I told him if he was not better in the morning, I would take him to the vet. In the middle of the night he cried out real loud. I went to the garage and petted him and he stopped crying. The next morning, I went outside and he was in the same place and as stiff as a board. There was a HUGE puddle of saliva near his face. I cried instantly, my dog companion of 16 years was gone. The very next day my Jack Russell Terrier was at the foot of the bed crying looking for T-Rex and a strong lingering odor resonated in the bedroom, it smelled like T-Rex. The smell lasted for a good 10 minutes. I believe T-Rex said his final goodbye living when he yelped in the garage and said his final goodbye as a spirit when his odor came upon my bedroom. I will never forget that. I loved that dog! When my mother Rosita Causing (Rosemarie Roberts) was in the Hospice at Kaiser Hospital, I was with her during her dying moments. I told my mother I had to run to the store and I would be right back. When I returned her bed was empty. I thought I had the wrong room. I asked the nurse where my mother was and the nurse said she passed away. I said…”what? I was gone only for a couple of hours! The bed is like she never even laid in it?” I was overwhelmed with grief. The next day, my father was cleaning the shower and saw the spirit of my mother walk down the hallway from the bathroom door, I think she was checking on a few things before going into the light. The day after that, I heard her favorite song on my car radio ‘Say a Little Breath for Me by Dionne Warwick’. This song never played before on my car radio…why now? I think it was a way for my mother to communicate with me..of course, when I heard the song, I cried like a baby again.

Question: Thank you for this wonderful interview. Do you want to say anything else?

Answer: If you want to have an investigation set up, call the paranormal hotline at: 916 203 7503. Besides investigating, my fine team does house cleansings, house blessings and even baptisms, if you feel you have a demon attached to you.

FROM HPI PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR BOB FULTON:
Hey Paul.
As you know my mother just recently passed away. One of the things my mother and I would do is call each other around 7:00pm. Well, just last week my phone rang at 6:55pm, as I went to grab the phone I noticed on the caller ID that it was my mother’s cell phone number showing on the phone screen. As I went to answer the phone line it was dead. I yelled out MOM call me again please. But to no avail nothing else happened.

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