![]() Those are some of the stories I’ve investigated. It’s haunted because so many men would die, falling into the fires, or from smoke inhalation, or other industrial accidents. Sloss Furnace is located here in Birmingham and it’s one of the most haunted places in America, I would argue. All the abandoned mines tend to be haunted because so many men died while mining. The city of Birmingham was also known for its pig iron back in the 1800s, when we were having the Industrial Revolution. We have that type of history here that I think causes some of our hauntings. ![]() There were numerous fights in the area surrounding us - battles and massacres and that sort of thing. Here in Birmingham, in the early 1800s, the Creek tribe was being pushed off the land by Andrew Jackson. Kaitlyn TiffanyĬould you talk a little bit about the local stories you’re referring to? And when you’re helping people in their homes, what exactly does that entail? Kim Johnston I write stories about local history and local hauntings, and then I also do a lot of residential cases where people call me because they’re experiencing paranormal activity and they need help. But there’s sometimes things that you experience that you have no other explanation for. I do have a day job - I’m a senior software engineer who designs and develops business web applications for an insurance company - so I tend to be pretty logical and skeptical. So that’s where my journey into the paranormal began. It started when I moved into a house that I can only describe as haunted, back in 2008. I have been either experiencing paranormal activity or investigating it and researching it for the last 10 years. To start, could you give some background as to your experience in the paranormal field? What do you specialize in? Kim Johnston ![]() This interview has been edited for length and clarity. I sat down with Kim Johnston, a paranormal researcher from Birmingham, Alabama, to find out what kind of money I should be prepared to spend on ghost-hunting apps and equipment this fall, and to get an expert opinion on which of the dozens of ghost-hunting apps available in the app store are rude scams that will only trick me and hurt my feelings. Why haunted tours are secretly the best way to see your city
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