Interview | Paranormal Expert Christopher Chacon On "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

Recently I was given the incredible opportunity to join a roundtable discussion with world-renowned paranormal expert Christopher Chacon to talk about Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).

During the roundtable we spoke about what he believed films like Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) got right and/or wrong about the World of the paranormal and how it's investigated. You can check out our roundtable below.

Although my time speaking with Christopher was brief, it was an incredible experience. Especially for someone like myself, as a lover of all things paranormal.  The only regret I have is, in my COVID brain fog I forgot to ask him about any literature he might recommend to anyone who might watch Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and think that they'd like to learn more about paranormal investigating and ghost hunting.

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About Christopher Chacon: 
    
Christopher Chacon is a world-renowned Anomalist, Parapsychologist, UFOlogist and regarded as one of the world's foremost authorities on the scientific investigation and exploration of paranormal, supernatural and anomalous phenomena, as well as the occult, metaphysics and mysticism.

For nearly forty years, Chacon has traveled the world extensively investigating and researching thousands of cases dealing with every type of phenomena imaginable, including; haunts and poltergeists, possessions and exorcisms, psychic phenomena and altered states of consciousness (i.e. clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near death experiences, reincarnation, etc.), UFO/alien close encounters, unexplainable anomalous phenomena (i.e. raining frogs, spontaneous human combustion, distortions in space, crop circles, etc.), encounters with unknown life-forms (i.e. cryptids) and miracles/divine encounters. He has additionally participated on countless international research ventures involving ancient sorcery, mysticism and witchcraft, the occult and archaeological discoveries relating to the supernatural.

Chacon’s vast experience includes decades as a preeminent Anomalist for a private scientific think-tank and prior to that many additional years as an educated/trained Parapsychologist conducting parapsychological research, as well as a background of being a professional illusionist/magician, formerly a member of such scientific groups as: The American Association for the Advancement of Science and The Society for Scientific Exploration.

Chacon continues to internationally consult for private organizations, religious and academic institutions, government agencies and corporations in dealing with phenomena and situations that often defy the known laws of nature and physics.

Because of his incomparable reputation, extensive knowledge and extraordinary first-hand experiences, Chacon has been featured on countless news and popular documentary programs for TV and radio worldwide, including; National Geographic Explorer, Unsolved Mysteries, Discovery Channel, NBC Network News, CBS Network News, BBC News, Japan NIPPON Network News, Telemundo Network News, 20/20, Dateline, just to name a few. Regarded by movie studios as the world’s top paranormal/supernatural expert, Chacon has been involved with such movies as, The Exorcist, Poltergeist and Paranormal Activity, just to name a few, and countless TV series, including the critically acclaimed series PSI FACTOR: Chronicles of the Paranormal working closely with Dan Aykroyd. 

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From director Jason Reitman and producer Ivan Reitman, comes the next chapter in the original Ghostbusters universe. In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, when a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. The film is written by Jason Reitman & Gil Kenan.

Directed By: Jason Reitman
Written By:  Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman
Based On The 1984 Film "Ghostbusters" An Ivan Reitman Film Written By: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis
Produced By: Ivan Reitman
Executive Producers: Dan Aykroyd, Gil Kenan, Jason Blumenfeld, Michael Beugg, Aaron L. Gilbert and Jason Cloth
Cast: Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Annie Potts and Paul Rudd

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is available now on Digital and on Blu-ray.

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE BONUS MATERIALS

BLU-RAY™, 4K Ultra HD™ and Digital

• We Got One! Easter Eggs Revealed     
• Ghostbusters: A Look Back     
• A Look Ahead     
• Bringing Ecto-1 Back to Life      
• The Gearhead’s Guide to Ghostbusters Gadgets     
• Special Effects: The Ghosts of Afterlife      
• Deleted Scene: Is It Ever Too Late?     
• Summoning the Spirit: Making Ghostbusters: Afterlife   

DVD 

• Summoning the Spirit: Making Ghostbusters: Afterlife
  

Seven Questions Halloween Edition...

My sister and I at the NYC Halloween Parade 2010. Yes, there was booze in that Starbucks cup.

1. Do you believe in ghosts?
Very much so! I love all of those ghost shows and going to haunted places! I have a tag for ghosts here on my blog!

2. Do you prefer the cute or the scary Halloween?
It honestly depends on the year. I've mostly done slutty-cute costumes, but last year I was a bloody zombie.

3. How old were you when you stopped trick or treating?
Last time I went trick-or-treating I was 21-years-old. My college friends and I got dressed up and went out in the neighborhood near our university. We had a blast.

4. Do you have any fun Halloween traditions?
Getting dressed up and going into New York City to party!

5. Share a scary local urban legend.
Here is a Long Island urban legend...  There is a road in Huntington, NY called Sweet Hollow Road and the legend goes that a bus full of children was driving in snowy conditions on the Northern State overpass bridge. The bus lost control and slipped off of the bridge killing everyone on board. It is said that when you drive under the bridge, if you put your car in neutral, supposedly the car will start to move out from underneath the bridge. People say that this is the kids pushing your car out of harms way.

Yes, I've driven to Sweet Hollow Road and I've done this. There is also a cemetery right next to the bridge which is creepy and awesome all at the same time when you're doing this at night.

Other Long Island urban legends include; Mount Misery, Camp Hero, Mary's Grave, the famous Amityville Horror House, etc. You can check out Long Island Paranormal Investigators for more haunted Long Island stuff.

6. Would you rather be haunted or haunting?
Haunted. I hope when I'm dead I go on and don't get stuck somewhere to haunt.

7. What's your favorite Halloween character/ creature? (Dracula, witch, ghost, etc)
I love witches and ghosts.

365 Days Of Pictures: Day 17...

I had to take a picture of the Chelsea Hotel when I passed it yesterday with my college friends because this baby is haunted and if you've gotten to know anything about me through my blog it is that I love me some ghosts/haunted places. If we weren't in such a rush to get to our other friend's birthday dinner I totally would have gone inside. Maybe next time.