Christopher Balzano is a teacher and folklorist living in the Boston area. He has been investigating the unknown for fourteen years and running Massachusetts Paranormal Crossroads, a website dedicated to the paranormal and local folklore of Massachusetts, for more than five. His writing has appeared in such respected publications as The Haunted Times and Mystery Magazine as well as Unexplained Paranormal Magazine. His investigations have been covered by The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Standard Times and Worchester Magazine and he has been asked to speak about urban legends and the paranormal at conferences throughout New England. He is a regular on several paranormal radio shows,… including The Ghost Chronicles and Spooky Southcoast and has appeared in documentaries and television specials on the supernatural. He was one of the featured writers in Jeff Belangers Encyclopedia of Haunted Places and contributed to the collection Weird Hauntings and the soon to be released, Weird Massachusetts. His writing and research have also been featured in Thomas DAgostinos Haunted New Hampshire and Haunted Massachusetts and the recently released Ghostly Tails from Americas Jails.