Jason Hawes

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Paranormal Researcher


Biography

Name:	Jason Hawes
Born:	December 27, 1971 (1971-12-27) (age 36) Canandaigua, New York, USA
Resume

Field:	Plumber, Television host
Paranormal Area:	Paranormal investigator
Affiliates:	The Atlantic Paranormal Society

Jason Conrad Hawes (born December 27, 1971 in Canandaigua, New York) is the founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), based in Warwick, Rhode Island. He is also one of the stars and co-producers of Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters, which, as of March 2008, is in its 4th season.

1 Interests
2 Threatening e-mail
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Interests

Hawes has varied interests outside of TAPS, which include the fine arts^{[citation needed]}, fishing, martial arts, camping, hiking, writing books and screenplays, and cooking. He also spends a great deal of time participating in charity events^{[citation needed]}, raising money for everything from "Cure Kids' Cancer" to "Papers in Education." In addition, he has written four sci-fi/thriller screenplays ^[1]. He and his wife, Kris, have five children - three girls and a set of twin boys.

Hawes and Grant Wilson are best friends, and were coworkers when they shared a day job as plumbers for Roto Rooter. ^[1]

Also, Hawes and Wilson participate in ghost hunting events available to the public. More recently TAPS has offered an event soley hosted by the TAPS members. The personal Ghost Hunting events have gained more and more popularity over the years with Television celebrity guests. TAPS co-hosts events with David Schrader and Tim Dennis (www.darknessradio.com/events)in very popular spots such as the Stanley Hotel In Colorado and the Queen Mary Ocean Liner in California. These events have been made more popular by selling out every show the TAPS members have been a part of allowing fans to meet the celebrities and share the experience with their favorite ghost hunting guys.

[edit] Threatening e-mail

In March 2005, Barry Clinton Eckstrom, 51, of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, began to send threatening e-mails to Jason Hawes, founder of TAPS. Hawes alerted the FBI in Providence. When the e-mails began to include threats against President George W. Bush, the Secret Service became involved. Eckstrom also used Hawes's name to send e-mails to some female members of TAPS, in which he threatened to rape and murder them. While under surveillance by federal agents, Eckstrom used a Bethel Park, Pennsylvania library computer to send an e-mail in Hawes' name to Roto Rooter's Cincinnati headquarters, threatening to shoot employees there. Next, Eckstrom typed a message threatening to kill President Bush, again in Hawes' name, using the Department of Homeland Security's website. Before he could send the message, he was arrested. Because of these activities, Eckstrom was sentenced to two years in federal prison in January 2006.^[2]^[3]