About livescifi.tv

We didn’t start LiveSciFi to tell ghost stories. We wanted to take people inside the investigation.

Tim Wood founded LiveSciFi in 2006 with a simple idea: bring the audience along and let them experience paranormal investigations as they happened.

By 2007, our cameras were broadcasting live ghost hunts, giving viewers a chance to explore reportedly haunted locations alongside the team.

Over the years, we’ve investigated notorious haunted houses, abandoned buildings, historic locations and cases involving some of the most unsettling paranormal claims we’ve encountered.

Through live broadcasts, original episodes like The Demon Files, and years of firsthand fieldwork, our mission remains the same:

Show the investigation. Examine the evidence. Let viewers decide what they believe.

LiveSciFi’s Broadcasting Milestones

2006: Tim Wood founds LiveSciFi.tv as an independent paranormal broadcasting project.
2007: The team conducts interactive live ghost hunts on early platforms including Justin.tv and Ustream.
April 2012: Contemporary coverage reports that LiveSciFi’s Sallie House live ghost hunt attracted more than five million views and was extended from 72 to 96 hours. See the original report.
Halloween 2012 and 2014: LiveSciFi’s streaming work receives Yahoo!-related coverage, and the Times Leader documents a live YouTube ghost hunt at Pennsylvania’s Welles House. Read the 2014 report.
2016–2017: Extended ghost-hunting broadcasts include the ZoZo Demon House and Monroe House.
2023: Academic research documents LiveSciFi’s early YouTube history among a study sample of paranormal channels.
2026: Previously unlisted historical ghost-hunting recordings return to public visibility, while The Demon Files becomes available on Tubi with a six-episode first season.

What Makes a LiveSciFi Ghost Hunt Different?

The quiet matters as much as the moment that makes us stop and listen. Our live format takes you from the first walk through a location to the history, equipment setup, tests and closer examination of unusual sounds or images.

You watch the investigation in context, including stretches when nothing unusual happens. We distinguish what our cameras recorded from what witnesses and investigators believe it means; unusual footage alone does not establish a supernatural cause.

Original Episodes, Documentaries and Paranormal Articles

A live broadcast brings you along for the fieldwork. The Demon Files and our other original productions shape selected investigations into edited, on-demand episodes, giving the locations and witness accounts room to tell a fuller story.

Watch our original paranormal episodes, then follow the questions into the paranormal article archive: haunting accounts, historical records, documentary coverage, demonology and folklore.

The Demon Files: Now Streaming on Tubi

LiveSciFi’s original live ghost hunts led to The Demon Files, a paranormal reality series directed by founder Tim Wood. Its 2026 first season is now available on the Tubi streaming service in supported regions, with six episodes featuring cases including the Sallie House, Sedamsville Rectory, Haunted Hill House and the Silver Queen Hotel.

The Demon Files LiveSciFi series promotional artwork — *The Demon Files* — LiveSciFi series artwork.

Watch The Demon Files on Tubi

The series follows Tim Wood and his investigation crew into haunted locations and reported demonic activity. Tubi credits Wood as director, alongside cast members Scott Di Lalla, Kristin Manning, Patrick Langdon and Lillian Alquist.

Watch Season 1 on Tubi →

View the series artwork on IMDb · Explore LiveSciFi episodes

Ghost Hunts With the Audience Alongside the Team

Sometimes another pair of eyes notices what we missed. From our earliest broadcasts, live chat has brought viewers into the investigation to ask questions, compare observations and follow what the team is doing.

That conversation is part of LiveSciFi. Our on-demand recordings and historical archives let you return to a moment, examine the footage around it and make up your own mind.

Historical Research and Academic Recognition

LiveSciFi’s early online presence was recognized in research published online in 2023 in the Journal of Heritage Tourism. A study of 60 paranormal-focused YouTube channels identified LiveSciFi as the earliest channel in that sample, dating its YouTube presence to 2007. This is a finding about the study’s dataset—not a claim that LiveSciFi was the world’s first livestream. Read the peer-reviewed study.

LiveSciFi reports more than 700 livestreamed ghost hunts across platforms. Founder Tim Wood reports fieldwork at over 1,000 reportedly haunted locations during his career. These are reported career totals, not independently audited audience analytics. For the detailed chronology and contemporary reporting, see The History of LiveSciFi on Tim Wood’s official site.

Meet the People Behind LiveSciFi

Behind each investigation are people with different skills and perspectives: investigators, mediums, filming and technical specialists, and moderators. Meet the cast below and get to know the people who have helped bring LiveSciFi’s work to the screen.

Have an investigation request, a collaboration in mind, or a story you want us to review? Contact the team.

livescifi.tv paranormal investigators / cast

Tim Wood

Founder / Lead Investigator

Tim Wood is a paranormal investigator, author, founder of livescifi.tv, and member of many paranormal organizations. He is dedicated to researching and documenting hauntings, ghosts, and cases involving reported demonic activity.

His approach is built on real fieldwork, historical context, and modern investigative tools—focused on capturing experiences as they happen and sharing them with a global audience.

Tim is the host and lead investigator on HBO / Discovery Channel / Travel Channel's Ghost Town Terror, It Feels Evil, Haunted Salem LIVE, and Paranormal Declassified, and has been featured on Coast to Coast Radio, Fox New, and the New York Times.

Lillian Alquist

Psychic / Evidentual Medium

Lillian has spent over 20 years studying metaphysical and occult traditions and conducting paranormal investigations. From an early age, she recognized an ability to perceive and communicate with spirits, which led to her ongoing work as a practicing clairvoyant and empathic physical medium.

She supports clients seeking clarity and insight by using established intuitive methods, primarily automatic writing and channeling, to facilitate communication and deliver focused, professional guidance.

She holds certifications in: Past Life Regression Therapy, Tarot Reading, Psychic Mediumship, Reiki Master, Spiritual Releasement Therapy, and Spiritual Entity Healing Therapy

Kristin Manning

Psyhic Medium / Sketch Artist

Kristin is an artist, psychic medium, and paranormal investigator whose work focuses on translating spiritual impressions into visual form through drawing and painting. Her practice includes tarot readings, dowsing rod work, spirit channeling, automatic writing, and automatic sketching—methods she uses to communicate and document intuitive information. She is committed to validating her sessions through historical research and corroborating evidence whenever possible. Kristin holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and her artwork is held in private collections throughout the United States.

She has appeared as the Psychic Sketch Medium on Ghost Town Terror (Travel Channel / Discovery+ / Max, 2022–2023) and LiveSciFi.tv’s The Demon Files (2012–present).

Rev. Dr. Bishop James Cloud

Exorcist, Demonologist

Rev. Dr. James Cloud (Bishop Cloud) was born and raised in California, where reports of paranormal activity have been part of his family’s experience for multiple generations. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business, a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and has earned both a Doctor of Divinity and a Doctor of Theology.

Bishop Cloud has served in exorcism and deliverance ministry since the age of 18, originally training by assisting his father. He currently serves as the Superior of the Advent Catholic Church’s Order of Exorcists and holds the rank of Anglo-Catholic Archbishop. He is also affiliated with the Sacred Order of St. Michael, an additional order dedicated to exorcism and spiritual deliverance work

Scott Di Lalla

Paranormal Investigator / Camera Operator

Scott has been actively investigating paranormal phenomena and supporting families experiencing severe or distressing activity for more than 14 years. His interest in the unexplained is closely connected to his ongoing exploration of what may occur beyond this life.

Raised in a Roman Catholic household, Scott has assisted numerous individuals and families who report encountering intense and negative paranormal experiences firsthand.

Scott has also appeared as a paranormal investigator on It Feels Evil (Travel Channel / Discovery+, 2019) and Ghost Town Terror (Travel Channel / Discovery+ / Max, 2022–2023).

Michael Esposito

EVP Specialist / Paranormal Investigator

Michael Andrew Esposito (b. 1964, Gary, Indiana) is a paranormal investigator and EVP researcher with deep family ties to early communication technology, including Alfred Vail (Morse Code co-inventor) and Jonathan Harned Vail (assistant to Thomas Edison). He studied communication theory at Purdue, Notre Dame, American University in Cairo, and Governor’s State University, and served as a Psy-ops officer in Iraq during the Gulf War.

Through Phantom Airwaves, he has led hundreds of investigations worldwide, developing original EVP theories and experiments and collecting tens of thousands of EVPs and hours of video. He blends EVP research with experimental music and field recordings, is published by Touch (UK), and was featured on clipping.’s 2020 album Visions of Bodies Being Burned.

Jen Wold

Community Moderator Admin

Admin for LiveSciFi, lifelong explorer of the unexplained, and believer that the past leaves traces behind. My interest in the paranormal began in childhood after personal experiences that made me question what exists beyond the ordinary. Finding LiveSciFi and Tim’s live investigations gave me a front-row seat to real-time paranormal exploration — the perfect place to watch, learn, and dive deeper into the unknown.

I’m also a treasure hunter. Constantly searching for unique objects from the past. Over time, I’ve encountered items that feel more than just old—they feel active. I believe certain objects can act as trigger objects, holding energy and emotional imprints that connect to their history. These experiences continue to shape how I view the paranormal world and deepen my passion for uncovering what lies beneath the surface.