Hans Holzer(1920-2009), the ""Father of the Paranormal,"" penned more than 140 books on ghosts, witchcraft, and other paranormal subjects-Ghost Hunterwas his first book and the one that launched his career and built his reputation. He was most famous for investigating the site of the Amityville murders with the medium Ethel Johnson-Meyers in 1977. His bookMurder in Amityvillewas adapted into the 1982 movieAmityville II- The Possession(and as an expert on this case, he recorded the audio commentary track for the classic 1979 filmThe Amityville Horror). He later wrote two more books on that subject-The Amityville CurseandThe Secret of Amityville. He was a consultant on Leonard Nimoy's TV show,In Search of . . . and a technical advisor on the secondDark Shadowsmovie,Night of Dark Shadows.