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Behind every haunting is a story worth investigating.
From disturbing eyewitness accounts and haunted-house histories to Ouija board encounters and demonology, explore the cases and mysteries we've researched, filmed and experienced firsthand.
Some answers are buried in historical records. Others may be waiting in the footage.
Read the stories. Examine the evidence. Decide for yourself.
ZoZo Ouija Board Stories: Reader-Submitted Encounters
These are reader-submitted stories of alleged ZoZo Ouija board encounters collected by LiveSciFi. Some describe frightening experiences and recurring patterns, but the submissions are personal accounts—not independently verified evidence of a demon. For the history, possible explanations and original investigation footage, start with Tim Wood’s firsthand guide to the ZoZo demon legend. My own experience began after I used a Ouija board during a live stream at the Stanley Hotel in 2007, when the planchette […]
Read the InvestigationWelles House, A Haunting Worse than Amityville?
Could a haunted house at 46 South Welles Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, be worse than Amityville? That comparison has followed the Welles House for decades. I understand why. I lived inside this house, investigated it with LiveSciFi, and experienced what I believe were violent physical and mental attacks. This isn’t just a story I collected from other people. I was there. During my stay, I was kicked in the stomach while sleeping and experienced dark […]
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Tim Wood shares five Ouija board rules from years of live ghost hunts, including how to close a session and what happened at the Sallie House in 2012.
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Ed and Lorraine Warren’s paranormal cases remain among the best-known—and most debated—haunting stories in American history. Movies such as The Conjuring and The Amityville Horror made their investigations famous, but the movies, the witnesses’ accounts, and what investigators documented are not the same thing. I’m Tim Wood, founder of LiveSciFi.tv. Since 2006 I’ve explored haunted locations and produced livestreamed ghost hunts so viewers could see investigations unfold instead of only edited highlights. The Welles House […]
Read the InvestigationBest Ghost Hunting Apps for Android & iPhone: Do They Work?
Tim Wood revisits ghost hunting apps tested at the Sallie House, including Ghost Radar, iOvilus and magCam, with practical advice for Android and iPhone investigators.
Read the InvestigationSutro Forest – The Most Haunted Forest
Explore the documented 1899 and 1904 history behind San Francisco’s haunted Sutro Forest, and watch Tim Wood investigate Mount Sutro in The Ghost Hunter.
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Explore seven historical demon classification systems, from Psellos and King James to Agrippa, Binsfeld and Michaelis, with primary sources.
Read the InvestigationFractured History of the Haunted Monroe House
Explore the real history of Indiana’s haunted Monroe House, Tim Wood’s 2017 livestream ghost hunt, original footage, and the 2025 documentary Evil Unearthed.
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