MJ Wayland has contributed to more than two hundred television programmes, documentaries, radio shows and podcasts since 1992. He researches ghosts, hauntings and unexplained history from primary sources, and speaks about them without either debunking or overselling.
He has worked live on national television and news, including This Morning, Richard and Judy, Sky News and The Time, The Place
MJ Wayland is available for interview and comment as a paranormal expert and ghost historian
Booking
For interview requests, comment or consultancy: info@mjwayland.com
Based in York. Available for studio, remote and location work.
Press photographs, biography and credit line, email for information.
Subjects
● British ghost stories and regional hauntings, with the archive evidence behind them
● How a haunting story starts, spreads and changes over a century
● Christmas ghost stories and the Victorian tradition behind them
● American hauntings, weird history and unsolved crime
● What historical records actually show about famous haunted sites
● Why people report what they report, and what the accounts have in common
● The paranormal on television: what gets made, and how
Formats
● Live and pre-recorded television
● Studio, remote and down-the-line radio
● Podcast, long-form and conversational
● Location filming and on-site research
● Written comment and background briefing for press
● Production consultancy: locations, script accuracy, historical background
Radio and podcasts
● Coast to Coast AM (United States)
● The Unexplained with Howard Hughes
● Unknown International
● From the Void with John Williamson
Television
Documentary and paranormal series
● Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel, 2011–2012)
● Great British Ghosts (Yesterday, 2011–2012)
● Ghost Hunters International (Living TV, 2009–2011)
● Most Haunted and Most Haunted Live (Living TV)
● World’s Biggest Ghost Hunt (Living TV, 2003)
● Scream Team (Living TV, 2002)
● Scariest Places on Earth (FOX/ABC, 1998) — location research and production consultancy
● The Haunted Valley (Granada TV, 2000)
● Origin Unknown (Granada TV, 1998)
● London’s Scariest Mysteries (LWT/Media Lab, 2002)
● Ghost Hunting with The Dingles (ITV, 2010)
● Do You Believe In… (Channel 5, 1999)
● Strange Holidays (Channel 4, 2004)
BBC
● The Culture Show (2009)
● Inside Out (2002–2008)
● Airport (2002)
● Exclusive (2002)
● Born in the Seventies (2001–2002)
● Esther (1999–2000)
● Mysteries (1997–1998)
ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and news
● This Morning (ITV, 2003–2011)
● Calendar (ITV, 2003–2010)
● The Time, The Place (ITV, 1992–1997) — first television appearance
● The James Whale Show (ITV, 1996)
● Four Rooms (Channel 4, 2011)
● Richard and Judy (Channel 4, 2002–2004)
● First Edition (Channel 4, 2000)
● Swapheads (Channel 5, 2002)
● Sky News (BSkyB, 1999–2003)
● The Last Word (Carlton TV, 2002)
● Carlton TV (1999–2001)
Film
The Quiet Ones (Hammer) — Prop & Script Consultant
The Awakening — Location & Script Consultant
The Conjuring 2 — Location & Historical Consultant
Editorial
Mysterymag.com — Editor, 1998 to 2013
Press
Research, content and articles provided to:
Newspapers — Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Sun, The Mirror, The People, Daily Star
Magazines and online — Syfy.com / Syfy.co.uk (content provider), Paranormal Magazine, Fate and Fortune, Chat It’s Fate, Bizarre, Gorezone, Spooky Isles
Cited in
MJ Wayland’s research is cited in books by other authors including Nick Redfern, George M Eberhart, Della Farrant, Paul Roland, Sean Tudor, Susanna O’Neill, Kathleen Tracy, Jenni Kemp and John Farman. Full list on the books page.
