Anita Yasuda is the author of a number of works including Coastal Ghosts of Southern California and Haunted Monterey Peninsula. When Anita was younger she lived in rural Ontario and spent her summers along Lake Muskoka. She was active with swimming, Girl Scouts, and camping. She recalls spending a lot of time reading and recalls reading “every travel book there was in the local library.” She later decided to see as much as she could and has since lived in Switzerland, Japan, and Vancouver before she returned to her home. She attended Victoria College at The University of Toronto, and studied the art and literature of East and South Asia.

Her works include the following: Haunted Monterey Peninsula, Coastal Ghosts of Southern California, Traditional Kimono Silks, Snapshots of San Diego: Sun, Surf & Sand, Japanese Childrens Fabrics 1950s to 1970s, Greetings from Buffalo, New York, Japanese Anime Linens, 1970s To Present, Hello Kitty: Cute, Creative & Collectible, and Anita also authored Explore the Solar System!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments with illustrations by Bryan Stone.

Michael Newton is the author of more than 215 books and has written reference books, true crime books, action adventure, and westerns. He has authored texts like The Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology, The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, The Encyclopedia of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories, The Encyclopedia of Crime Scene Investigation, and still many others including 173 works of fiction, six short stories, 66 nonfiction titles, 64 articles and more.

Newton is a native of California who began his writing career in 1977; he began writing professionally as a “ghost” for author Don Pendleton on the best selling Executioner series and continues to do so today. Episode 104 has already been published which means that Newton has practically tripled the number of Mack Bolan novels completed by creator Pendleton himself.

Newton published his first book under his own name in 1979 entitled Monsters, Mysteries, and Man: a survey of unexplained phenomena for younger readers; while Newton’s writing is diverse, he is best known for his reference material and non-fiction works. Newton is an active member of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, and Feral Cat Friends Inc. He presently has 24 upcoming books, all scheduled for release through 2011 including eight more novels and sixteen nonfiction works. He presently resides in Nashville, Indiana.

Tonight Michael Newton will be joining us to discuss two of his recent releases Strange Indiana Monsters and Strange California Monsters published by Schiffer Books.

Robert Bauval was born in Alexandria Egypt and later traveled to England to pursue his education in Building Construction and Management at the University of the South Bank in London. In 1989, Bauval published a study which argued that the layout of the three Giza Pyramids and their relative position to the Nile was intended to replicate the layout of the three stars in Orion’s belt and their relative position to the Milky Way. The thesis is known as the Orion Correlation Theory and is the subject of Bauval’s first book: The Orion Mystery, which has been translated into more than twenty languages and has been highlighted on the BBC, ABC, the Discovery Channel, and others.

Bauval later co-authored the Message of the Sphinx with Graham Hancock, and he then followed the latter publication with Secret Chamber, Tailsman (also with Graham Hancock), and The Egypt Code. Bauval is presently working on a new book entitled Sirius Rising, which will trace the influence of the Egyptian Star-Goddess Sopdet (Sirius) from prehistoric times to the early Christian Era and which will focus on Her role in the rebirth cult and temple rituals and alignments. Bauval once resided in Cairo near the Giza pyramids with his wife Michelle, and now resides in Spain.

Tonight, Robert Bauval will be joining us to discuss The Egypt Code: a book which examines the ground/sky correlation of Egyptian landmarks and examines the possibility of a grand plan spanning 3,000 years of pharaonic civilization involving pyramids and major temple sites along the Nile.

Due to an investigation with the ISIS Paranormal Investigation team, no show aired this evening.

Documentary film directors Justin Blair and Matthew Vincent will be joining us tonight to discuss the creation of their independent film Across the Forest: Tales from Transylvania. The film is a documentary on the Romanian strigoi, ghosts, and forest spirits. Justin and Matthew are American film makers that traveled to Romania to create their latest production to interview the local people and to collect and compile the legends and lore of the people related to vampires and supernatural happenings.

Matthew Vincent and Justin Blair traveled to the west of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania to find out about Romanian supernatural beliefs. While the team was aware of the eerie reputation of Transylvania attributed to Bram Stoker and Dracula, they found the lore of the region much more exciting. The film makers documented stories about the strigoi, a creature with similar characteristics to the vampire, but also having characteristics similar to ghosts. The film examines countless strigoi reports, reports of strange abductions, reports on pricolici (a weredog), and more. After returning from Transylvania where the film was shot, the team faced more than forty hours of footage that required translation.