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The Paranormal Adventurers
The Paranormal Adventurers
9 Knoll Road
Rocky Point, New York 11778
Joseph Flammer Diane Hill
(631) 849-2348 (516) 840-6654
http://paranormaladventurers.com
Biographies of Joseph Flammer and Diane Hill
Last update: August 23, 2009
Education and Work History
Mr. Flammer graduated from Nassau Community College and S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook where he majored
in English and minored in history. He was the news editor of the student newspapers at both schools. He
went on to become an award-winning journalist with many years writing full-time and freelance for Long
Island newspapers, including two years on The Long Island Advance. He went on to work as a manager
for Symbol Technologies for seven years, until operations were moved to Mexico. Since then he has
worked for Developmental Disabilities Institute as an instructor. He teaches mentally retarded and
autistic adults simple life skills.
Ms. Hill worked for Chase Manhattan Bank for four years. After taking nine years off to raise her
family, she returned to work and attended Nassau Community College. At Nassau she indulged her love
for the written word by taking literature, poetry, film and creative writing courses. For the last nineteen
years she has worked at her alma mater,West Hempstead High School, as the school's registrar.
The Beginnings
Joseph Flammer and Diane Hill met in the poetry section of the Borders Book Store in Stony Brook in
2002 and have been best friends ever since.
Flammer, 54, of Rocky Point, and Hill, 58, of West Hempstead, shared a keen interest in Long Island’s
history and decided to collaborate on a book about Long Island's Revolutionary War figures.
The duo turned from history buffs to ghost hunters when they unintentionally photographed apparitions
in a small family graveyard in Strong’s Neck. Joseph published a several-page article about the
apparitions in the national publication, Haunted Times Magazine. From there the team wrote several
articles for Haunted Times, Ghost Magazine and Dan’s Papers, the premier magazine of Long Island’s
East End.
Investigations and Projects
The pair has investigated haunted places from Montauk to Gravesend. Among other places, Flammer
and Hill have traveled to the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Adams, Tennessee, home of the
infamous Bell Witch ghost, and to a haunted mansion in North Adams, Massachusetts, where they
investigated for three days alongside Jason, Grant and Steve of T.A.P.S. - the ghost hunters featured on
the hit SciFi Channel television show, Ghost Hunters. One of their eight shows A Haunting Study of
Ghosts features the results of their investigation of Room 301, the most haunted room at the Red Lion
Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
The Paranormal Adventurers released their first 60-minute DVD, The Ghosts of Gettysburg in 2006,
available through http://paranormaladventurers.com They are currently developing a second DVD,
The Ghosts of Sweet Hollow Road, which highlights their theory of the tragic “Black Hats” and will be
available in the Fall of 2009 on this website.
Mr. Flammer and Ms. Hill's first book, Long Island's Most Haunted: A Ghost Hunter's Guide (2009,
Schiffer Books) is available in stores across Long Island and in New York City, and available online
through Amazon. Their second book, Long Island's Most Haunted Cemeteries is due out Fall, 2010. The
duo is also writing another book called, Long Island Love Stories From Beyond. The book is composed of
true paranormal experiences of fellow Long Islanders whose lives have been touched by loved ones from
the other side, proving love transcends death.
Newsday’s LI Life Magazine spotlighted The Paranormal Adventurers for the cover story its October 29,
2006 Sunday issue with an accompanying three-page article. The Queens Tribune featured The
Paranormal Adventurers’ investigation of Fort Totten in Queens in its October 26, 2006 magazine issue.
The pair has been written about in numerous Long Island newspapers and featured in a five-minute video
produced by Newsday and shown on Newsday.com in the fall of 2006. The team has been featured in a
short movie made by Long Island film maker Chirstopher P. Garetano and available for viewing at www.
Cottonmouth.tv
Presentations
The Paranormal Adventurers speak at libraries, conferences and before private groups such Cub Scouts,
Women's Groups and Historical Societies. They present two different programs each year. In 2006, for
example, they presented Meet The Paranormal Adventurers and Ghosts, Spirits and a Witch…Oh, My!
They presented these shows at over sixty libraries and before numerous private organizations.
In 2007 they spoke at 60 venues, 70 in 2008, and nearly 70 in 2009.
The Paranormal Adventurers are available to tell Ghost Stories Around a Campfire for Scouts and other
groups with no props or tools used other than a microphone attached to our PA system.
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