Our Members

Aaron Sulser – Founder and Lead Investigator

Aaron started Dark Alley Paranormal Investigators in 2008 in a response to the growing popularity of paranormal investigation and ghost hunting. Aaron wanted to form a group that anyone could join for a thrill seeking adventure.

His background in paranormal research began with a trip to the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville Kentucky. His group at that time consisted of 5 others and was able to investigate the entire building by themselves. Aaron heard strange sounds, captured EVP’s and was at one point “touched” by something that wasn’t visible.

Aaron returned to Waverly a few months later and again experienced some things that could not be explained.

Sarah Sulser – Co-Founder, Treasurer, Social Media Director

Sarah’s paranormal work began when husband, Aaron went to the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in April of 2008. She has since become a a key part of how Dark Alley is run and maintained.

Sarah and Aaron investigated Waverly Hills together in September of 2009. They were the only two people in the entire building and were able to capture a man’s voice on a recorder. They also had a few strange experiences in their hotel room just a mile away from the sanatorium.

Ghosts and the paranormal realm has always intrigued Sarah and has led her to this position.

Austin Rausch – Lead Investigator

Due to a family history of paranormal experiences, Austin has always been intrigued with the concept of spiritual anomalies. He may not be able to prove the existence of life after death, but he is very determined to try. With an extensive knowledge in Psychology, science and Parapsychology, Austin is on a never ending adventure with his colleagues at Dark Alley to find the truth.

Alex Meiring – Investigator

Growing up in the small town of Fort Recovery, Ohio, Alex developed an interest in the paranormal due to two major historical battles that took place between the English and the Indians in Fort Recovery. These two battles resulted in a few thousand deaths and has led the way for numerous ghost stories, myths, and urban legends. Alex is a believer, but needs the definitive proof to validate his beliefs. The only way to accomplish this is to seek out the truth with the help of Dark Alley Paranormal.

Alex currently resides in Dublin, Ohio with his wife Krista and their Yorkshire terrier Bowser. In his free time he enjoys sports, comic books and movies. Although Alex has never had an encounter with the paranormal, he knows the answers are out there, waiting to be discovered.

Jeff Fent – Case Manager

Jeff first became interested in the paranormal in the late 1990′s while living in a house that was haunted. He was able to take pictures inside the home and always get 1 picture in a particular room with a ghostly image on it. He learned many years later that a previous owner had passed away in that very room. After that he has been on a journey to learn as much as he can about the paranormal. A few years back Jeff helped form a group that has been able to do quite well at capturing evidence from residential investigations. Jeff hopes to be able to help Dark Alley out any way he can.

Jeff has a home here in Columbus, Ohio which he shares with his wife and son.

Bethany Jester- Investigator

Although Bethany did not have an experience before attending an investigation at Waverly Hills, she has always been interested in the paranormal. She is currently attending college and is a hotel manager in Hilliard, Ohio.

Patrick Fent

Chris Blose

Bryan Wilson – Investigator

Bryan first began to have an interest in the paranormal as a youth. There were several local haunts where he grew up that were always a topic of conversation. His real experiences in the paranormal started to take shape when he was in college. There was a graveyard on the college campus where he would always see something just out of the corner of his eye. He and a couple of his friends had a hair-raising experience in a campus fraternity house. Bryan’s first actual hunt was for a rumored ghost that haunts one of the college buildings, though it was very informal. He enjoys watching paranormal programs like Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures.

Bryan has been on one semi-professional ghost hunt with his wife and other friends. This was an exciting time for him to finally experience what it was like to go through an actual ghost hunt. He is really looking forward to going to places such as Waverly Hills, Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, and various other locations with Dark Alley. He hopes to be part of a group that can find proof of the paranormal in a smart and technical way, but also have a fun time doing it.

Susan Wilson – Investigator

Susan’s interest in the unexplained has been with her all her life whether it was UFOs, Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, or things that go bump in the night. Her interest in the paranormal heightened around 2000 when TV programs showed teams of people investigating reportedly haunted places: MTV’s “Fear”, “Scariest Places on Earth”, and of course SyFy’s “Ghost Hunters” and “GHI”. She knew that she could do this too, even though she had to have the closet door completely shut at night when she was a little girl!

Susan and Bryan married in September of 2006 and they got a chance to investigate a former infirmary and small lunatic asylum together in October of 2006 with a local ghost hunting group. They were then hooked. She looks forward to investigating the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, the Mansfield Reformatory, and the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum with the Dark Alley group soon. A few places that Susan dreams of investigating are: various places in Deadwood South Dakota, castles in Ireland, Bran Castle in Romania, The Myrtles Plantation, The Stanley Hotel, and Alcatraz.

Katy Taylor – Investigator

Katy’s interest in the paranormal began by watching shows such as “Ghost Hunters” and “Ghost Adventures.” She currently lives in Columbus, Ohio and is a cosmetologist when not exploring the paranormal world.

Mandy Fausnaugh – Investigator

Demonic possession. Exorcism. Haunted houses. Satanic rituals. For most people this is the stuff of nightmares, horror movies, folklore, and superstition. For Mandy, it’s real and so is her need to find out the truth.

A 31 year old enthusiast, Mandy works in her hometown as an Operations Associate for a global metals solutions company. Moreover, she is interested in another job she calls “the work”: investigating cases of the supernatural. She is intrigued by the unexplained and the misunderstood. She is ready to document the inexplicable cases that give new shape to the shadows in the dark.

Eric Litton

Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1972, and have lived in Hilliard most of my life. Have lived in the Marysville area since 2003. I’ve had an interest in the paranormal for many years. As a teenager, my only experience with the paranormal was when I accidentally stepped on a ghost, manifested only as an ice cold spot on the floor. I turned around to investigate, and the cold spot was gone. Many years later, I was told that a psychic had felt the my bedroom in that house was inhabited by a spirit.

I am still a skeptic! However, I am a skeptic with an open mind. I believe that there are spirits all around us, and they can make their presence known in many ways. I am searching for undisputable evidence, something that even non-believers cannot deny.

I excel at research and documenting. I like to keep detailed records of investigations in order to go back and reference information, as well as compare new evidence to old evidence from particular locations.

I have a degree in Aviation Maintenance, and worked in the airline industry in operations and maintenance for many years. Now, I am a self-employed business owner, with an appliance service company in central Ohio, and a fishing charter business in Marblehead, Ohio.

Cameron Quatman – Investigator

Cameron started his ghost hunting with Dark Alley back in 2009. His first investigation was at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Cameron proved then to have a passion and the patience to become a great investigator. Cam has been on many investigations with Dark Alley and is always looking to find activity wherever he goes.

Anne Blackburn – Investigator

Jennifer Vaughn – Investigator

Marcie Hoerig – Investigator

Beginning in childhood with an experience of being visited by her grandfather after he had
passed away, the paranormal has always been a part of Marcie’s life. Instead of pretending these things don’t exist, she has accepted the fact that there is more out there than meets the eye. If you just open your mind to the possibility you would be surprised at what you might find. With that open mind, however, it is equally important to Marcie that one also uses reasoning when investigating reports of the paranormal. She likens it to being a paranormal Sherlock Holmes although her family says she is more like Velma from Scooby-Doo.
Her motto: “A mystery is a mystery, paranormal or not, which needs solving.”