D.A. Stern has been investigating the occult and related phenomena for over twenty years. He has written several previous works including Witchcraft: Primal Persecution, and European Folklore in America. Last year, he was approached by noted investigator, C.D. Buchanan, to help compile his notes on the still unsolved disappearance of three young student filmmakers into a book, the New York Times bestseller, The Blair Witch Project.