Tom Slemen

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**Tom Slemen**
Tom Slemen at work
Born:	Liverpool, England
Occupation:	Writer and paranormal investigator
Nationality:	British
Writing period:	1994 - Present
Subjects:	Paranormal Supernatural
Influences:	Richard Whittington-Egan
Website:	Tom Slemen website

Thomas Slemen, better known as Tom Slemen, is a Liverpool-based writer, columnist and broadcaster, known foremostly as the author of the best-selling Haunted Liverpool series of books (Bluecoat Press 1996-2006) which document paranormal goings-on in his home town of Livepool, and also chronicles strange and Fortean stories from Liverpool's past.

1 Early life and interest in ghosts
2 Career
3 Publishing history
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Early life and interest in ghosts

Slemen's interest in the paranormal began in early childhood, when he lived with his family on Melville Place, near Myrtle Street, Liverpool. Slemen says that he learned from his mother that she had witnessed a ghostly apparition of a Victorian maid carrying a large serving plate along with the eerie sound of children laughing, and he was immediately hooked. None of the family thought to investigate any possible causes for the spectre, but Slemen took it upon himself to try to uncover the mystery behind the spirit maid. Off he went to the local library and discovered that their home was actually built on the same spot where an orphanage once stood. To some this could mean that the ghosts were associated with the former orphanage. Slemen later realised that a nearby street was called Orphan Street. From this time forward Slemen's interest increased each time he visited the library in search of other ghostly stories^[1].

[edit] Career

Slemen has had a varied career since the publication of his first book Murder On Merseyside (Hale 1994). First and foremost he is an author. As well as writing his books, he also contributes weekly columns about paranormal activities and unsolved crimes linked to Liverpool in Merseymart, Star and The Liverpool Echo. Due to the popularity of his books, Slemen also makes guest appearances on The Pete Price Show on Radio City 96.7. Slemen's most successful work is the top-selling Haunted Liverpool series. There are currently thirteen books in this series. All of Slemen's books deal with various paranormal and supernatural events linked to the city of Liverpool, such as ghosts, UFO's, time travel, aliens and instances of ESP. With the success of the Haunted Liverpool series, Slemen also wrote and published two more books in the same vein as his Liverpool books, but these books investigated the paranormal activities in Wirral and Cheshire. Slemen has also published other books which focus on famous mysteries from around the globe, reported instances of telepathy, astral projection, bilocation, teleportation and the Akashic Records.

The majority of the tales in Slemen's books come to him from local people who related their own experiences. Slemen, however does not just retell the story verbatim, he makes his own research and documents the events related to him by various locals in order to attempt to verify the facts. Slemen is currently writing a controversial book which he claims will allegedly unmask Jack the Ripper once and for all, with the working title Jack the Ripper: The Final Cut.