CK Andrew is a high school mathematics and English teacher and Pittsburgh native always eager to explore the possibility of hauntings in the region and throughout the country. Her literary background coincides with a lifelong interest in the validity of local legends and purported hauntings. Additionally, her background of graduate study at the University of Pittsburgh in Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics has led to an interest in the possible physics of disembodied speech phenomenon; given the acoustic requirements put on the vocal tract for human speech production, is disembodied speech able to be analyzed in the same manner as human speech with regard to harmonics and formant frequency? CK hopes to explore this question and many other questions of paranormal activity as a member of the GSI Team.

Sharon Bascovsky has had paranormal experiences ever since she was a child. Her first memory was at the age of 10 when her grandfather had passed away from an unexpected stroke. After the stroke but prior to his death, Sharon kept having thoughts of what it might be like at his funeral and how people would react, but she never spoke word of those thoughts to anyone. When her father sat her down to tell her that her grandfather died, she had thought that she had caused it by her thoughts, which began her obsession with death and the paranormal. At the age of 15, she got her first guitar and started writing music as a way to express the darker side of life. In 1988, she started up the first all female death metal band Derketa whose songs’ lyrical content mainly dealt with the supernatural. Throughout the years, she has had various unexplainable experiences of objects moving, sometimes witnessed by others; hearing a voice that answered her thoughts; and sensing things before they happen. She has been on a quest to find out the cause of these experiences and joined up with Ghost Story Investigations in 2010 in hopes of finding some answers.

Jeremy Bowker has been interested in the “mysterious side of life” ever since he was a young boy. He recalls watching TV shows such as Unsolved Mysteries, Sightings, and various programs on the Discovery Channel that dealt with the strange and the paranormal. He was particularly drawn to the topic of cryptozoology and creature legends such as Bigfoot and the Chupacabra. However, it was the (allegedly true) ghost stories that he was told by friends and family members that would make the greatest lasting impression. Hailing from the small-town of New Waterford, Ohio, Jeremy began investigating local haunts and stories which were whispered throughout the community. Jeremy joined G.S.I. after hearing about the group from his friend Adam Iliff. Jeremy now concentrates on his new areas of specialty such as doing background research on locations and managing the tech department.

Adam Iliff, Co-Founder, Lead Investigator; also known as King Nasty in an underground rap group called The Gemini Projekt, is the lead investigator of G.S.I.. He obtained his BS in psychology through Robert Morris University in 2004; his background in the field has influenced his interest in human reactions to the paranormal as well as the ways in which human intentionality can impact our understanding of the paranormal. Adam has been on a journey researching the different logical possibilities of anomalies in paranormal investigations.

Greg Kerschner resides in Greenville, PA, with his wife and children where he is an iron worker at Hodge Foundry. Greg has always had a strong interest in the paranormal. His first personal experience occurred at the Hotel Conneaut located in Conneaut Lake, PA, along with his wife and a few friends during the Halloween weekend of 2010. After talking to GSI’s lead investigator and childhood friend, Adam Iliff, his interest in the paranormal had grown even stronger, and it was then that he joined the team.

Marty Patterson, a single father raising his 16-year-old daughter, loves motorcycles, ATVs, and cars; he is the mastermind behind GSI’s Mystery Machine vehicle. Marty’s background in music and video production led to a long lasting friendship in 1985 with Ghost Story TV co-founder Jim Pitulski. Originally a musician and an independent filmmaker, Marty has been involved with the paranormal since 2000, when he created the paranormal investigation show Raw Fear. Since then, he continued pursuing his interests in the paranormal, which culminated in joining with Jim at Shadow 3 Media in the hosting of and production for Ghost Story Investigations in 2010. His interest in the paranormal focuses on the actual existence of paranormal entities and any desire they may have to communicate with us. He seeks to document and record findings based on new methods of communication with such entities. A thrill seeker from the time he was very young, Marty always looks with enthusiasm into the unknown and where others fear to tread for whatever answers he can find.

Jim Pitulski Co-Founder, Technical Director

Scott Warner’s interest in the paranormal began at an early age when he saw a ghostly white figure standing at the foot of his bed. For the next few years, he deprived himself of air while sleeping with the covers over my head. In his adulthood, he remembers walking into Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh (which is said to be haunted) and feeling a pushing sensation on his chest. He didn't make a connection until he visited Dachau concentration camp. He felt the same sensation when he walked into a room which he later found out was where dead bodies were placed. He can’t forget Gettysburg. Every time he’s visited there, he feels claustrophobic and gets headaches. Scott has been doing some research about his family history and has discovered that between the 1300s and late 1800s, at least four family members have been beheaded. Not by accident, but by certain events out of their control. One night, he came back from a site (with a family connection) and a statue next to his bed was turned facing the wall with its head snapped off. He believes something or someone followed him home. Needless to say, after that point Scott’s decided to seriously investigate the paranormal. He is a firm believer in using his personal feelings to investigate, yet is not afraid to use technology to help debunk any evidence he might find.