Marie D. Jones is the best-selling author of twelve books and writes the blog Take My Life, Please . . . No Really, Take It! She also coauthored with her father, geophysicist Dr. John Savino, Supervolcano: The Catastrophic Event That Changed the Course of Human History.
Marie has an extensive background in metaphysics, cutting-edge science, and the paranormal. She is a former licensed New Thought/metaphysics minister and has trained extensively in the Science of Mind/New Thought arena. In the 1980s and ’90s Marie worked as a field investigator for MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) in Los Angeles and San Diego and she currently serves as a consultant and director of special projects for the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team (ARPAST), where she works with ARPAST president Larry Flaxman to develop theories that can be tested in the field. Their current project, called the Grid, will be launched in 2013.
Marie has appeared on the History Channel's Nostradamus Effect and Ancient Aliens. She served as a special UFO/abduction consultant for the 2009 Universal Pictures science fiction movie The Fourth Kind. as well as the science fiction film Aurora.
She has been interviewed on hundreds of radio programs, including Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, Whitley Strieber's Dreamland (which she also cohosts), The Jeff Rense Show, Jim Harold's Paranormal Podcast, The “X” Zone with Rob McConnell, the Kevin Smith Show, Cut to the Chase, Feet to the Fire, World of the Unexplained, and Independent Expression (IE) Radio with Shirley MacLaine.
Her essays and articles have appeared in Whole Life Times, Light Connection, Vision, Conspiracy Journal, and Beyond Reality.
Marie has lectured at major metaphysical, paranormal, new science, and self-empowerment events, including Through the Veil, Queen Mary Weekends, TAPS Academy Training, CPAK, Paradigm Symposium, Conscious Expo, and Darkness Radio Events.
Larry has been actively involved in paranormal research and hands-on field investigation for more than thirteen years. He melds his technical, scientific, and investigative backgrounds together for no-nonsense, scientifically objective explanations regarding a variety of anomalous phenomena. He is the president and senior researcher of ARPAST, the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team, which he founded in February 2007. Under his leadership, ARPAST has become one of the nation's largest and most active paranormal research organizations with more than 150 members worldwide. Widely respected for his expertise on the proper use of equipment and techniques for conducting a solid investigation, Larry also serves as technical advisor to several paranormal research groups throughout the country.
Larry has appeared on the Discovery Channel's Ghost Lab and the History Channel's Ancient Aliens. He has been interviewed for dozens of print and online publications, including The Anomalist, The Times Herald, Jacksonville Patriot, Paraweb, Current Affairs Herald, Unexplained Paranormal Magazine, the Petit Jean Country Headlight, the Villager Online, and Pine Bluff Commercial.
He has appeared on hundreds of radio programs all over the world, including Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, TAPS Family Radio, Encounters Radio, Higher Dimensions with Phyllis Pricer, The “X” Zone with Rob McConnell, Ghostly Talk, EERIE X, Crossroads Paranormal Radio, Binnall of America, World of the Unexplained, and Haunted Voices Radio.
Larry is a popular public speaker, lecturing widely at paranormal and metaphysical conferences and events all over the country, including major appearances at Through the Veil; History, Haunts, and Legends; Paradigm Symposium; ESP Weekend at the Crescent Hotel; The Texas GhostShow; and DragonCon.
Larry is also active in the development of cutting-edge, custom-designed equipment for use in the field investigating environmental effects and anomalies that may contribute to our understanding of the paranormal.
Larry and Marie are both staff writers and official bloggers for Intrepid Magazine and their work has appeared in TAPS ParaMagazine, New Dawn Magazine, and Phenomena.
They cowrote the screenplay for the paranormal thriller 19 Hz, which is in development with Bruce Lucas Films.
Both speak often at local and regional meet-ups, metaphysical centers, churches, libraries, and film festivals on the subjects of science, the paranormal, metaphysics, noetics, and human potential.
They currently cohost a radio show called ParaFringe Radio on the History FM/LiveParanormal Network.
In 2010 Marie and Larry launched their ParaExplorer series of e-books and articles, introducing readers to a variety of subjects, such as the science of the paranormal, life after death research, conspiracy theory, the time prompt phenomenon, and more.