Amityville Ghostbuster Hans Holzer dies Sunday aged 89

Dr. Hans Holzer Passing! Repost

Body: Hans Holzer Passing! (Repost of Alexandra Holzer) REPOST


Press Release: Amityville Ghostbuster Hans Holzer dies Sunday aged 89.



Hans Hozer, known as the Father of the Paranormal, died Sunday at his Manhattan home after a long illness

Dr. Hans Holzer, PhD, authored over 145 titles including Murder At Amityville, which was the basis for the 1982 film Amityville II: The Possession.



Having earned his PhD from the London College of Applied Science, he spent over five decades traveling the world to obtain first hand accounts of paranormal experiences, interviewing expert researchers, and developing parapsychological protocols and terminology such as 'sensitive' and 'beings of light’.



Holzer had hundreds of national and regional talk show appearances, co-hosting/hosting programs such as Ghost Hunter on Boston's Channel 2, NBC's In Search Of with Leonard Nemoy (an Alan Landsburg productions), Murder in Amityville, Beyond The Five Senses in Louisville, KY, Explorations with Brownville Productions in Ohio, Radio including a continuous segment with New York City's WOR with famed radio personality Joe Franklin who still is a family friend.




Contact details:
Alexandra Holzer
Cel (845) 234-1077
Fax (845) 782-0526
E-mail: gargiulo1971@optonline.net

Publicist:
Cyn Felthousen
CLF Publicity and Promotions
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Calabasas, CA 91302
Phone: 818-836-9650
Email: ckfelt@yahoo.com


The Crossing of An Original Modern-Day Pioneering Ghost Hunter Who Broke The Haunted Barriers.



Professor, Parapsychologist, Writer, Humanitarian, Vegan, Spiritualist, Friend, Mentor, Son, Brother, Father, Grandfather and Spouse-Author, Dr. Hans Holzer.



If anyone knew and could grasp the concept of what death really was, it was my father Professor (as he liked to be called) Dr. Hans Holzer.



What can I say that already has not been publicized throughout six-decades via the media, television, lectures, radio, film and literary libraries brimming to it's shelf edges on a grand field covering so many topics. He even wrote a book on poetry, plants that he felt actually 'felt' and so on. He's been around so long that many of his book publishers don't even exist anymore and the ghosts have run into him on several occasions! One could say he probably met the same ones a few too many times having quite the conversation. Yeah, he's been around the paranormal block a few times I'd say.

;-)

A lover of all things of the living and of the dead with layers in-between to the
unknown, my father was the pinnacle of a foundation that later on caught
attention yet again with new technologies at our disposal, furthermore propelling the future of the field via popular cable shows, continued interest for
documentaries and internet radio surges.



Honestly, I can go on but that's why I wrote Growing up Haunted and why father wrote all that he did. It's very easy in this day and age to google him, pick up a book or two and familiarize yourselves if not already as to who he was to a growing field, still leaving us with many unanswered questions into the abyss of what is called the unknown. More importantly, he had a wit about him that could go unmatched as his uncanny ability to work over any room with any persona perhaps will not be experienced in my lifetime. Father came from a time and place (some say another planet) that today's generations cannot relate to or comprehend. It is this back-story that cemented his ideals and future visions to unlock some of life's mysteries without disrespecting or competing in-order to obtain results and anything else that came with the para-territory. He was the real deal and will be a hard act to follow.



Although not perfect as no human being is, he had his downfalls and 'issues' but that's what made him the real mackoy. He didn't really pay attention to the James Randi's of the world as he stuck to his faith and systems that never failed him. So much so I have in turn adapted many of his techniques not because he's my father but because they really are genuine to what being in this field is all about. He carried a plate full of persona's covering a gambit of ways to express and serve the paranormal and literary communities from around the globe, as he became a beacon of hope for many internationally. He was never one to have managers or agents as he'd say, "What's the point? I do it myself!" He just gang-busted his way through the years learning and discovering himself teaching others around him at all ages. Yes, he did prefer the 'younger' ladies and many of them ended up on his 'doctors' couch in his office lair to be taught mediumship. I often wondered about that technique.

;-)

Look, Elvis Presley was a fan of my father's owning several of his books and when I found out I was floored but yet at the same moment, understood why. If you get 'it' in your lifetime about what and why were here then someone like a Dr. Hans Holzer is a person you'd follow, respect and admire.



Holzer retired in 2008. He resided and passed peacefully in his Manhattan home of which he lived half of his remaining life. He loved Manhattan. It certainly was one of many 'apples' in his eye.



Services and a big to-do was not what he wanted and so having said that, what we are doing will be at a disclosed location for private family members only. If you want to contribute in some way to his life then please buy one of his books and have a good read.



I will now leave you with some quotes from the good Doctor and let you read his biography.



"There are two ways of doing things.

There's the highway and MY way!"

"I never met a ghost I didn't like!"

"Some ghosts were my best friends.

"


Thank you.



In Love and Light To Everyone,
-Alexandra Holzer


A LOOK BACK ON A HAUNTED LEGACY


Dr. Holzer was a renowned parapsychologist best known for his extensive involvement in researching the supernatural which included investigating The Amityville Horror and some of the most prominent haunted locations around the world. He appeared on hundreds of national and regional talk shows, hosting programs such as Ghost Hunter on channel 2 in Boston, In Search Of with Leonard Nemoy on NBC, Beyond The Five Senses in Louisville, Kentucky, Explorations with Brownville Productions in Ohio, radio with personalities such as Joe Franklin, films such as Murder in Amityville, The Amityville Curse and Mars in the House--An Original for Stage and Music.



Dr. Hans Holzer, PhD, was a former newspaper reporter and foreign correspondent who was trained to be skeptical and in that disciplined, ever-questioning mindset became one of the most noted and revered paranormal researchers the world has ever known.



Nevertheless, he had been involved in psychic phenomena since the late 1930s when his research into psychic phenomena truly began. Holzer believed that such things as ghost, poltergeists, precognition and other psychic occurrences did exist and always had.



Since then he authored over 140 books including "Haunted Hollywood," "ESP and You" and "Psychic Investigator" which are non-fiction. Other novels included "The Amityville Curse," "The Unicorn" and "The Clairvoyant." Dr. Holzer was a former writer-producer of the TV series "In Search Of", and had written screenplays and made countless Radio and TV appearances.





DR. HANS HOLZER, PH.

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Father Paranormal

A Biography


Dr. Holzer pioneered and paved the path for the field of study of the science of unexplained phenoma. He was the first of his kind to mainstream the term 'ghost hunter' which became the title to his first book in 1963, 'The Ghost Hunter' which went into an unheard of eleven printings.



Writing genres included parapsychology, the supernatural, the occult, some fiction, poetry, religion and healing. Most famous for Amityville Horror II: The Possession, Ghosts, Americas Haunted House, The UFOnauts, The Journey of the Magi and Murder in Amityville: Fact or Fiction.

Most of his titles can be found on http://www.barnesandnoble.com.



Holzer was a leading authority in the field of the paranormal, known as Father of the Paranormal. Having earned his PhD from the London College of Applied Science, he has spent over five decades traveling the world to obtain first hand accounts of paranormal experiences, interviewing expert researchers, and developing para-psychological protocols. He taught parapsychology at the New York Institute of Technology for a decade.



He was a member of the WGAE, Dramatists Guild, Producers Guild, SAG, Authors Guild, AFTRA ASCAP, Archaeological Institute, NY Academy of Science, NY Historical Society and Who's Who In America.



Fun Facts: Hans Holzer was a technical advisor on the 1971 MGM feature film, Night of Dark Shadows.



Fun Facts: Holzer became a vegan at age 11.



Fun Facts: From the International Vegetarian Union at http://www.ivu.org/people/writers/holzer.html: Dr. Hans Holzer, AUSTRIA, Writer, Scientist, Parapsychologist: source: HE IS MY BEST FRIEND. notes: He was a vegetarian for over 30 years and now has been vegan for over 40 years.