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 ), Travel Channel 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 Rapid City, 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, as well as his first EVP capture. 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, as well as his first EVP capture. 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. People who, regardless of their views on the afterlife, have tremendous respect for Spirit. It's ideal to have fresh perspectives, too. There's so much we can learn from each other. We chose not to be a traditional, hierarchical group. We never really fell in line with popular belief and originally wanted our program 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 witnessed a lot of paranormal groups taking a sideshow aspect to their craft. Cursing at spirits, bloodletting, even setting themselves on sire in desperate attempts to generate activity. There were naked ghost hunting groups, people ghost hunting underwater, people attempting to blow up supposedly trapped ghosts - every year it became more outrageous and more vanity and fear-based. It put a lot of viewers in a state of paranoia and fear. This was far from the greater relationship with the Spirit World I was raised with. Don't get me wrong, I love scary shows and movies. Scary sells, so what we see on television will always reflect that. I just try to add a unique, esoteric element to whatever paranormal project I'm working on, hopefully helping others to become more conscious about this realm and their relationship with it.
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 ).
We always have some meditation or ceremony beforehand. Where is our focus, our intent, our energy? It has to be more than just copying what we see on TV. It has to be more than just sitting in the dark watching blinking lights on any number of current paranormal equipment.
Growing up in the 80's, so many shows - Charlie's Angels, The Incredible Hulk, The Bionic Woman, Knight Rider - they all had to have their own ghost episode. There was always the same formula - a thunderstorm, lightning flashing on eerie oil paintings, flickering candles, billowing curtains, swinging chandeliers, a grandfather clock chiming. That's all it took to establish an environment as haunted. It was silly but romantic. There was no need for jump scares or CGI. Because I longed to be in those environments, I need more to my experience. I need more than to sit in a corner watching a flashlight turn on and off. I want to be where there are billowing curtains and chandeliers swaying over my head."
Photo: The SpiritChasers publicity photo from the very paranormally active Victor Hotel, Colorado.
Growing up in the 80's, so many shows - Charlie's Angels, The Incredible Hulk, The Bionic Woman, Knight Rider - they all had to have their own ghost episode. There was always the same formula - a thunderstorm, lightning flashing on eerie oil paintings, flickering candles, billowing curtains, swinging chandeliers, a grandfather clock chiming. That's all it took to establish an environment as haunted. It was silly but romantic. There was no need for jump scares or CGI. Because I longed to be in those environments, I need more to my experience. I need more than to sit in a corner watching a flashlight turn on and off. I want to be where there are billowing curtains and chandeliers swaying over my head."
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.
