Richard Estep > Quotes

“Psychologically speaking, they took comfort when their monsters actually looked monstrous.”
― Richard Estep, Dark Spirits: Monsters, Demons and Devils

“As a quick aside, phantoms of the living are not unheard of. There are plenty of documented cases in the paranormal case literature that detail apparitions of people who are not actually dead. But they rarely appear within sight of the physical person themselves, and certainly not at the same time.”
― Richard Estep, In Search of the Paranormal: The Hammer House Murder, Ghosts of the Clink, and Other Disturbing Investigations

“Get knocked down. Pick yourself up. Dust yourself off. Get on with the job.”
― Richard Estep, Haunted Healthcare: Medical Professionals and Patients Share their Encounters with the Paranormal

“Their episode of Ghost Lab (season 2, episode 10: Path of a Killer)”
― Richard Estep, A Nightmare in Villisca: Investigating the Haunted Axe Murder House

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena; it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.” Nikola Tesla.”
― Richard Estep, The Black Monk of Pontefract: The World's Most Violent and Relentless Poltergeist

“one should never arrive at a paranormal explanation before thoroughly considering and ruling out the multitude of mundane, everyday alternatives. As the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said, “Once we have eliminated the possible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Richard Estep, Haunted Healthcare: Medical Professionals and Patients Share their Encounters with the Paranormal

“Get knocked down. Pick yourself up. Dust yourself off. Get on with the job. No matter what, that’s just what nurses do.”
― Richard Estep, Haunted Healthcare: Medical Professionals and Patients Share their Encounters with the Paranormal

“John Wayne Gacy haunting of the R Theater in Auburn, Illinois,”
― Richard Estep, A Nightmare in Villisca: Investigating the Haunted Axe Murder House

“It says a lot about how we're a little bit broken as a society, because we linger on those dark things, we look for them, and we overlook the good things.”
― Richard Estep, The Devil’s Coming To Get Me: The Haunting of Malvern Manor

“The point is that there are many, many ways in which to perceive things that exist in our world and indeed many unusual ways to exist (it’s estimated that 86% of all plants and animals on land and 91% of sea creatures have yet to be discovered). We have five amazing senses, but only five. For us to assume that everything that there is to perceive can only be perceived with our five senses is not only naive, but fundamentally incorrect.”
― Richard Estep, The Black Monk of Pontefract: The World's Most Violent and Relentless Poltergeist

“We may fear the process of dying, as it sometimes brings pain and discomfort, but so long as we have led a life worth living, we should never fear its ending.”
― Richard Estep, Haunted Healthcare: Medical Professionals and Patients Share their Encounters with the Paranormal

“Stories of deceased loved ones coming to visit those who are dying are extremely common. Many palliative care providers have reported such occurrences. While death is indeed a frightening thing to most people, the experience of having those who we have loved and lost return to help ease the transition seems to be a source of immense comfort.”
― Richard Estep, Haunted Healthcare: Medical Professionals and Patients Share their Encounters with the Paranormal

“The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm).”
― Richard Estep, A Nightmare in Villisca: Investigating the Haunted Axe Murder House

“Most paranormal investigations are fueled by caffeinated beverages of one sort or another.”
― Richard Estep, The Dead Below: The Haunting of Denver Botanic Gardens