Apex Paranormal is a non-profit organization, specializing in paranormal investigations throughout the Midwest. As a non-profit organization, our investigations are provided free of charge.  

Offering a more unique perspective, we approach our investigations with the intent of 'debunking' or disproving activity. Only will we label activity as paranormal if no plausible explanation can be discovered.

Apex Paranormal commits to each investigation with dedication to help others find answers to their experiences, and gain a better understanding of the paranormal world.

​Interested in hosting a public ghost hunting event? Let us help! 

Please contact us with any questions or any assistance you may need!
[email protected]

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Our Team

Elijah Buchholz, Founder/Investigator/PR

​Elijah is a Clinical Director for a local mental health center.

Growing up in an old Iowa farmhouse, Elijah learned quickly of what it's like to live in an actual haunted home. Witnessing several unexplained occurrences is what has driven him to seek answers to the unknown, and the desire to help those to do the same. ​

​Shannon Johnson, Historical Research/Investigator/Photographer
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Shannon is an Assistant Manager in the property management industry.

Since the age of six, Shannon has experienced both good and dark hauntings. Through her love of research in history and the paranormal, she hopes discover alternative ways to interact with the non-living and to help share the stories they cannot tell themselves.

Jenni Panethiere, Marketing Specialist/Investigator

Jenni is a Registered Nurse specializing in mental and correctional health.

​Since an early age, Jenni has been an avid lover of ghost stories, scary movies and Halloween. As a teen, she starred in a local B movie and then moved on to working part time at a local haunted house. Everything was always fun and games, until she experienced first-hand; a negative spirit and it's unwelcomed haunting. From that point forward, it has grown her desire to learn, research, explore and experience what cannot be logically explained.
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-“The ghosts of the past speak to all who will listen”.​

Ashley Gardner, Investigator

Ashley is a Recruiting Specialist at a local consulting firm. 

​Since childhood, Ashley has always had an interest in the unknown. But, it was her own personal experience with hauntings that created the drive to find the "Why" of the paranormal. With her love of history, she's not only eager to discover the stories of the past, but to listen to the ones that haunt and why they stayed behind. ​

Morgan Cartwright, Investigator

Morgan is a Science Teacher for a local high school. 

​Growing up, Morgan was always interested in finding answers to every "Why?", especially when it came to hauntings; checking out every book at the library that she could find about the paranormal. Now an adult, Morgan is searching new ways to interact with non-living, utilizing both her science background and curiosity to drive out answers others seek desperately to find.

-"Matter recycles, energy flows. When we are gone, our bodies go back into the earth. But where does our energy go?  It doesn't disappear; it flows. But where?"

​Liam Buchholz, Junior Investigator

​The paranormal has always been a part of Liam's life; from early childhood to now, he can recall every experience as though it happened yesterday. When the opportunity of diving deeper into the paranormal came available, Liam found this to be his chance to understand why places are haunted, and how the hauntings can affect others. With this passion, he wants to pursue in helping others understand as well. 

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