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Zak Bagans is the host, lead investigator, and an executive producer of Travel Channel's popular series Ghost Adventures. He travels to domestic and international locations rumored to be haunted in search of evidence proving the existence of the supernatural. He founded the world's largest toon meer paranormal organization, The Ghost Adventures Crew. toon minder

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Gangbare naam
Bagans, Zak
Officiële naam
Bagans, Zachary Alexander
Geboortedatum
1977-04-05
Nationaliteit
USA
Land (voor op de kaart)
United States of America
Geboorteplaats
Washington, D.C., USA
Woonplaatsen
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Opleiding
Motion Picture Institute of Michigan
Beroepen
TV Host
Executive Producer
paranormal investigator
Author
Documentary Filmmaker
Organisaties
Ghost Adventures Crew
Korte biografie
Zachary Alexander “Zak” Bagans è nato il 5 Aprile 1977 a Washington, D.C..
Cresciuto tra la Florida e l'Illinois dopo il divorzio dei genitori, si è poi laureato col massimo dei voti in Filmografia al Motion Picture Institute del Michigan. Con l’aspirazione di girare documentari, si è trasferito definitivamente a Las Vegas, dove, seguendo la sua grande passione per la musica, ha preso a lavorare come DJ ai matrimoni; il che lo ha portato ad incontrare e a fare amicizia con Nick in occasione delle sue nozze. 
Dopo essersi confidati le rispettive esperienze con i fantasmi, i due hanno deciso di mettere su la Ghost Adventures Crew insieme ad Aaron, amico di Nick e cameraman, e di lavorare insieme al futuro vincitore del premio per il Miglior Documentario del NYC Independent Film Festival del 2006. E' stato un successo tale da permettere loro di dare vita a “Ghost Adventures”.
Zak è famoso e a volte criticato per i metodi aggressivi e provocatori che utilizza durante le indagini; nonostante ciò, dichiara di rispettare l’aldilà e di provocare solo entità malvagie al fine di estorcerne risposte chiare.
Nonostante sia una persona molto empatica, è stato uno scettico del paranormale fino a quando, durante il periodo universitario, non si è trovato faccia a faccia con il fantasma di una donna suicida nel suo appartamento di Trenton, Michigan. Dopo quell’episodio ha iniziato a credere di avere uno scopo più importante nella sua vita: scoprire cosa esiste dopo la morte.
In "Ghost Adventures", tra le sue esperienze memorabili troviamo i tre graffi sulla schiena ricevuti durante la prima indagine al Bobby Mackey’s Music World e l’esorcismo da lui subito durante la seconda. Sull’isola di Poveglia è stato posseduto in modo talmente negativo da fargli venire pensieri omicidi nei confronti di Aaron e Nick, ma grazie al sostegno di quest’ultimo è tornato in sé; ciò lo ha portato a farsi il tatuaggio famoso che ha sulla nuca, simboleggiante la lotta tra il bene e il male. Ha subito altre possessioni e in generale avuto esperienze negative con le entità nel corso degli anni, fino all’ultima eclatante, durante l’indagine all’Overland Hotel and Saloon, dove addirittura è stato scaraventato violentemente contro un muro e colpito mentre cadeva a terra.
Tra i suoi altri progetti televisivi di rilievo citiamo “Paranormal Challenge” (2011), “Paranormal Paparazzi” (2012) e soprattuto “Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks”, spin-off della serie originale, che produce e conduce con l'aiuto di Aaron. Sta ricoprendo, inoltre, il ruolo di produttore esecutivo per il lungometraggio “Sympathy Said the Shark” (2015) diretto dall'amico Devin Lawrence.
Nel 2011 è uscito il suo libro intitolato “Dark World: Into the Shadows with the Lead Investigator of the Ghost Adventures Crew”, che è arrivato alla diciottesima posizione nella classifica dei best seller del New York Times. Nel 2012 ha prodotto, in collaborazione con Praga Khan dei Lords of Acid, un album di musica elettronica, “NecroFusion”. Nello stesso anno ha avviato una linea d’abbigliamento con il marchio “Reaper”.
Da poco ha annunciato che il suo film documentario,"The Demon House", girato presso la casa infestata dai demoni a Gary, Indiana, uscirà nell'autunno 2015, mentre il suo secondo libro “I Am Haunted - Living Life Through the Dead”, ha visto la luce il 10 Febbraio 2015.
Risiede a Las Vegas, Nevada, è single e vive con la sua cagnolina Gracie, che ha adottato presso la NSPCA (Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), un locale ente benefico per la protezione degli animali domestici con cui Zak collabora attivamente.

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I am a fan of Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures paranormal investigative team of his friends including Nick Groff and his wife.
I think sometimes Americans in general have a atypical boastful, arrogance and seem to think they are better than everyone else, have more experience or knowledge than everyone else about the paranormal.
If they were willing to accept other people's point of view, their beliefs and spiritual practices, personal, individual paranormal experiences it would be helpful to expand their point of view, knowledge of the paranormal, occult/witchcraft as well.
You just have to be more respectful, open-minded and accepting of various spiritual beliefs, spiritual practices.
I personally think the term/phrase "𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫" is disrespectful to the dead, to spirits & the spiritual realm, since a lot of places that Zak & his friends go to is Native American land where the spirits were massacred, murdered, where they suffered, where spirits of people that were once living may have been abused, tortured, committed suicide, they were murdered by a serial killer.
Your not there to continue their suffering, so show some respect, ask for permission to speak to spirits first, then ask spirits that want to communicate with you, what they want to say, the living speak for the dead.
Anyone that's a empath, psychic, medium, witch are a intermediary for the dead, a vessel, a conduit for them channel their energy and to speak through them, to connect the realm of the living with the realm of the dead.
I can relate to Zak about feeling anxiety, and having social anxiety, I'm as equally shy, awkward and find it difficult to talk to people especially when they aren't relatable, like-minded people.
I've had my own paranormal experiences since I was a teenager & I am a believer, I always will be.
It's interesting that Zak has past-life memories, dreams or visions of what he did/who he was in a past-life, I also have the same feelings, dreams and visions abut my own past-lives.
It's hard to explain to sceptical, non-believers though.
I've always been curious if Zak's friends have had personal experiences of the paranormal and if they are believers as well.
Spirits need energy from a outside source, they can drain the energy from electronic equipment, from human beings, from animals, the environment, during a thunderstorm or other naturally occurring extreme weather in nature.
Or from nature itself, where there are leylines within the earth, a natural source of power, people practicing witchcraft in these areas amplifies, enhances the energy so it might have a positive, negative or neutral effect on nature, animals, the land itself or people.
There may be a spiritual doorway, a portal or vortex of energy that spirits, angels, demons, devil's, entities, elementals, animal spirits, cryptids, shapeshifters or Deities use to travel between dimensions, realms.
The source of energy whatever it is the spirit uses helps the spirit to visually, audibly, physically, manifest itself, so you may see, hear them, you may feel their energy/presence around you, you may feel influenced by the spirit emotionally, psychically, spiritually. Spirits can manifest themselves in various ways, as a apparition, mist, shadow person, a pleasant or horrific, rotten, smell associated with death. There are different types of spirits, some are evil spirits, there are various types of beings, entities, demons, devil's, elementals, cryptids, some maybe a thoughtform or tulpa.
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EvilCreature | 8 andere besprekingen | Jul 19, 2023 |
I am a skeptic. I read this book hoping gain some insight. I did, but not enough to change my mind. Bagans talks a lot about the tools of the trade and the people who make these unique items.
 
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foof2you | 8 andere besprekingen | Jun 17, 2023 |
"Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans has traveled all over the world, seeking answers to life's deepest and most terrifying mysteries.What happens when we die? Why do some spirits move on while others remain stuck in some sort of in-between place? What do the spirits really want from us? Zak has dedicated his life to finding out the truth."
Zak Bagans reveals a very raw, rarely seen part of his soul in this book. Stories from behind the scenes of Ghost Adventures are told from a very poignant standpoint. There are remarkable backstories to the episodes and revelations of Zak's continuing relationship - some good and some bad - with the various spirits he's come across over the years. I enjoyed getting a bigger perspective of why he does what he does and what it costs him in the long run.… (meer)
 
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Lcmcsr | 3 andere besprekingen | May 21, 2023 |
I have to say this was definitely an interesting read. The first person perspective of what he and the crew had went through. While I feel that maybe some of the things that they have experienced on the show might just be tricks of the trade, I believe that some if not most of what they have seen and done are indeed true. I would read this again if only to add to the knowledge of the paranormal. It gives another view point and experience. I love the quirks that were added in but the history that Zak and Kelly provided about the different locations makes it better.… (meer)
 
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