Interview with John Zaffis of Haunted Collector

Premiering tonight on SYFY, Haunted Collector is a new weekly series about the real-life hunt to find objects that may hold supernatural powers or be portals to the spirit world. John Zaffis and his crew of paranormal investigators seek out the strange and unusual, and often find it.

During a question and answer session for members of the press with Zaffis, I was able to gather information about this new series.

John, let me ask you, when you go into homes where these people have been having these problems, how do you determine which item it is the cause?

Well what we do is an extensive search with the equipment, and a lot of times there’s multiple items, each with a different story. In the initial investigations in speaking to the clients, we’re trying to determine did they bring in a genuine antique or did they bring something in from their travels, vacationing and etc. Usually at that point in time I can usually narrow it down. If the activity had started somewhere within that time framing of bringing that item in or collectible; something they might have picked up at a garage sale, it’s an interesting process. The best way I normally will describe it, it’s like putting a jigsaw puzzle together, trying to determine exactly what the source is and what item it may be. Once we have determined what the item is, in fact “haunted”, we then take the items to keep them safe. I’ve had the museum for several years now but it’s a private museum and it’s based on my property where my home is. So it is not something that is open to the public.

Can you talk about the precautions you take to ensure the powers of the items are contained while on display in your museum?

Yes, there are many different types of things that I do. I’m a paranormal investigator and I have to be very analytical. When dealing with a spiritual realm there are different precautions that I do take. I use sea salt, holy water, and there are a lot of different rituals and different prayers, depending on what that item might be associated with. So there are many precautions that I actually do over the items to either hopefully break that energy or contain it to that individual item.

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