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MATT BENTON
DIRECTOR & LEAD INVESTIGATOR
Matt Benton is the visionary filmmaker behind Evil Unearthed, serving as its director, executive producer, cinematographer, editor & sound designer. With over 14 years of experience investigating the paranormal, he is the lead-investigator of the Paranormal Research Unit. A multi-award-winning director, editor, and sound designer, Matt is also known for his 2022 documentary The Harrisville Haunting: The Real Conjuring House, further cementing his reputation in both the paranormal and documentary filmmaking. You can check out more of his work on his YouTube channel Paranormal Research Unit.
HELENA BENTON
CO-PRODUCER & INVESTIGATOR
Helena Benton began investigating the paranormal in 2021. She launched her own YouTube channel Hauntingly Beautiful Adventures to share her eerie encounters and personal investigations. She came from Finland to America to investigate all over the midwest and other states. Helena is also married to the Director Matt Benton.
JOE VITALE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & INVESTIGATOR
Joe Vitale has been investigating the paranormal for 30 years. He is an Investigator & historical researcher for the Paranormal Research Unit. He is the Executive Producer and cinematographer for Evil Unearthed and The 2022 documentary The Harrisville Haunting: The Real Conjuring House. You can check out his other work on his YouTube channel called Entity Seven Paranormal.
ERIC CONNER
PRODUCER & INVESTIGATOR
Eric Conner is a full-time paranormal investigator and the creator behind Epic Paranormal TV on YouTube and on TikTok as epic.paranormal, where he’s captivated over 800,000 followers with live investigations. He began exploring the supernatural around 2015 and launched his channel in December 2016. He has also been in 15 other documentaries like The Harrisville Haunting: The Real Conjuring House, Malefice, The Evil of Nowhere, Darkness in Suburbia, etc...
Mike Ditty Jr.
PRODUCER & INVESTIGATOR
Mike Ditty Jr. is the Lead-Investigator of DIG Paranormal. He and his team were the first ever to investigate the Monroe House, beginning their work in 2013—making Mike the longest-active paranormal investigator at the house to date. With over a decade of firsthand experience at the location.
DANTE REEDER
INVESTIGATOR
Dante Reeder is a seasoned paranormal investigator based in San Diego, California, best known as the Lead Investigator of “Soul Seekers.” HE was featured in episode 11 of the TV show called Paranormal Challenge, Dante and his team investigated the haunted USS Hornet and won the challenge in the show. Matt Benton and Dante go way back. They started investigating together back in 2013 and he is now an investigator for the Paranormal Research Unit.
DeWAINE WEST
INVESTIGATOR
DeWaine West has been investigating the paranormal since 2012. He started investigating many locations in the MidWest. Then one day met Matt Benton at a paranormal convention in 2016. Soon after DeWaine started working with Matt and joined Paranormal Research Unit. He started learning more about the filmmaking process with Matt and started shooting episodes with him for the Paranormal Research Unit YouTube channel.
MICHELLE BELANGER
OCCULT EXPERT
Michelle Belanger is a renowned occult expert psychic medium, scholar, and prolific author—having written over thirty books on the occult, paranormal, and energy work, including The Psychic Vampire Codex and The Dictionary of Demons . She’s the founder and lead clergy of House Kheperu, a spiritual-educational group she established in 1996.
Michelle gained national recognition through her appearances on A&E’s Paranormal State and later on Portals to Hell and other paranormal series. Her expertise extends beyond investigation—she’s served as a media consultant for documentaries and entertainment projects such as True Blood, CSI, and HBO productions
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