Janice Oberding is a historian, true crime buff, paranormal enthusiast and investigator. She is also the author of more than 30 books on topics ranging from ghosts to true crime to history, the strange and unusual, and mystery. She writes both non-fiction and fiction. Raised in California and Nevada, much of her work is focused on the two states. In 2001 she created the History Mystery Ghost Walk (Biggest Little City Ghost Walk) in downtown Reno based on her book Infamous Reno. In 2002 she helped to develop Truckee Meadows Community College’s (non credit) Paranormal Series which started as a one day conference. The series continues to this day and Janice is still involved with it. She is a public speaker who presents throughout the country. Her most frightening speaking experience occurred in 2007 aboard a cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic during Hurricane Noel. However, she was able to spend Halloween night in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle on that same cruise. She has appeared on numerous television shows and documentaries. Those she has worked with include the Syfy Channel, Channel, the History Channel, Living TV and the Travel Channel, and has appeared in episodes of Dead Famous for Two Four productions Living TV, Scariest Places on Earth and Ghost Adventures. Aside from those who were incarcerated there, she is one of only a few people who have spent an entire night at Alcatraz. She had done this not once, but three times. In fact one of the more intriguing TV shows she has worked with remains the Ghost Hunters (Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson) Alcatraz episode in which she was invited to accompany the team to the island.Read more about this authorRead less about this author