ABOUT US
The SpiritChasers were founded by Christopher Allen Brewer and James Manda in 2006. Over the years they have been featured on the Biography Channel, Fox News, SyFy, Lifetime Movie Network, Washington's High Strangeness television program, the Denver Post ( in an interview filmed by 2-time Pulitzer Prize winner Craig Walker ) and Japan's Fuji TV. They have participated in several popular ghost hunts, paranormal conventions, media presentations and haunted history walks, as well as appearances on radio and in printed media. After the 2016 fall season, they adopted the name FUTURE GHOST, expanding their vision and evolving to accomodate the entirety of all mysterious phenomena.
Christopher was heavily influenced by Hans Holzer and Ed & Lorraine Warren in the early 80's, he was born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and his early exposure to the spirit world came from those in his tribe, the Oglala Sioux. There was no cable out there in the 70's, no paranormal media fixtures, and what Christopher could learn came from good old-fashioned books. His heroes were his grandfather and those family members who took time to teach him about his relationship with spirit.
His first official ghost hunt occurred at age 12, and he didn't claim alliance with anyone but the Creator. He still doesn't. He created The SpiritChasers in 2006 in direct response to the over-saturation of sideshow paranormal programs dominating television at that time.
Photo: A screencap from The Biography Channel of Christopher Allen Brewer from his 2012 episode of My Ghost Story entitled Paranormal Studies 101 ( episode 30 ).
His first official ghost hunt occurred at age 12, and he didn't claim alliance with anyone but the Creator. He still doesn't. He created The SpiritChasers in 2006 in direct response to the over-saturation of sideshow paranormal programs dominating television at that time.
Photo: A screencap from The Biography Channel of Christopher Allen Brewer from his 2012 episode of My Ghost Story entitled Paranormal Studies 101 ( episode 30 ).
From
Christopher's 2012 interview with After Dark With Dr. Mike: "I learned early on that spirit existed
in everything, so in a way one could say that everything was already
haunted. The paranormal was normal,
there was no element of phenomena to it, though it was indeed fascinating. It was a natural occurrence, but that doesn't
mean it wasn't scary. Though grandma had
crossed over some years ago, she still came back to visit during weddings. We just knew to expect her, though to see
doorknobs turning around the house at night was terrifying.
Photo: Screenshots from The SpiritChasers' 2012 episode of BIO's ( now Lifetime Movie Network's ) My Ghost Story, episode #30, Paranormal Studies 101.
Photo: Screenshots from The SpiritChasers' 2012 episode of BIO's ( now Lifetime Movie Network's ) My Ghost Story, episode #30, Paranormal Studies 101.
We have a rotating roster of people we have known for years, friends and family members, who join James and I on investigations. This is because we know they will have respect, we know these people and share the same views. Well, most of us. We're not even all believers and we don't want to be, we want to have fresh perspectives. We have never fallen in line with popular belief and originally wanted to be the antithesis of everything we saw on TV.
Photo: James Manda, SpiritChasers spirit photographer, on-air with After Dark With Dr. Mike in Pueblo, Colorado.
Photo: James Manda, SpiritChasers spirit photographer, on-air with After Dark With Dr. Mike in Pueblo, Colorado.
By 2006 we saw people beating their chests, cursing at spirits, setting themselves on fire or bloodletting to generate activity. Even people ghost hunting underwater! And last year that group trying to trap a spirit with solar panels?! Every year it became more outrageous and more vanity and fear-based. Don't even get us started on the demons.
Photo: A screencap from The Biography Channel of James Manda from his 2012 episode of My Ghost Story entitled Paranormal Studies 101 ( episode 30 ).
Photo: A screencap from The Biography Channel of James Manda from his 2012 episode of My Ghost Story entitled Paranormal Studies 101 ( episode 30 ).
Where is your focus, your intent, your energy? It has to be more than just copying what you see on TV. It has to be more than just watching flashing lights."
Photo: The SpiritChasers publicity photo from the very paranormally active Victor Hotel, Colorado.
Photo: The SpiritChasers publicity photo from the very paranormally active Victor Hotel, Colorado.
Photo: A screenshot of Christopher Allen Brewer's Fox News interview at Evergreen Cemetery in October, 2012.
Photo: Christopher Allen Brewer on-air with After Dark With Dr. Mike in Pueblo, Colorado in 2012.
