Good question right? I could get all philosophical on you and throw out the old “does anyone REALLY know who they are” line, but, that isn’t answering the question now is it? So, who is this Bud Steed guy, and what qualifies him to write books on the paranormal you ask?

Well, I’ve been a paranormal investigator since 1979, and have investigated in both Europe and the USA quite extensively. And, up until 2010 when I decided to write my first book, I’ve pretty much “flown under the radar” for the most part, investigating, documenting evidence, and seeking answers to the age-old question, “what happens after we die?” Looking to get “Facebook famous”, or any other kind of famous for that matter, just never fit into my plans. I’ve done it, and still do it, for my own enjoyment and understanding.

But, that being said, when I decided to write my first book, the Haunted Natchez Trace, I came to the jarring conclusion that a certain bit of self-promotion was necessary if I wanted to sell books. That led to a few episodes on a couple of paranormal TV shows, numerous radio interviews, major book signings, lectures, and “guest investigator” roles at a few events; nothing major of course, but it has been pretty interesting.

I’m also the co-founder of the Ozark’s Paranormal Project along with my kids, and while I started out doing home investigations many years ago, I almost exclusively investigate historical sites now.

So, a little bit more about me other than my paranormal “street cred”:

• I’ve been happily married for almost 22 years, have five kids, and two extremely lazy, chicken shit Pitbulls who are scared of brooms, clothes baskets, and just about everything else.
• I’m a pretty informal kind of guy. What you see is what you get with me, good or bad.
• I served in the US Army, am extremely patriotic, pro 2^nd Amendment, and distrust most politicians. I may not agree with your political opinion but I’ll defend your right to say it too.
• I swear like a drunken sailor and pretty much say what’s on my mind 24/7.
• I love to ride motorcycles and have been known to go out for a short ride, lose track of time, and not come back for several days (completely unplanned of course).
• I have another business, 6-S Press, which is devoted to creating low and medium content books such as Word Search and other brain training and activity books.
• I’ve got seven partially finished manuscripts, all in various stages of completion, clogging up my laptop.
• I geek out over historical places and each of my books has a lot of the history associated with the particular area and haunting that it covers.
• I believe that each legend, each ghost story, and haunting has it’s start somewhere in fact, that they all stemmed from someone or something that can be traced back through history.

So, there you have it. A little bit about who I am and what I do. I hope you’ll click on the Free Ebook button on the top right side of each of my website pages, claim your free short ebook, join my mailing list, and get to know a whole bunch more about me; I’ve been told I’m almost a likable kind of guy.