Meet The Spooky Folklorist
Jacob Rice is the paranormal documentarian and folklorist behind Ghostly Activities.
He documents ghost stories, haunted places, supernatural beliefs, urban legends, and paranormal experiences through writing, audio, video, historical research, and field investigation.
His work often begins with a simple question: What is the story behind the haunting?
That can lead into old newspapers and archives, local folklore, witness accounts, forgotten history, field investigations, interviews, or nights spent wandering through supposedly haunted buildings with cameras and audio recorders.
Jacob is especially interested in the point where history and folklore meet: how real places become haunted places, how ghost stories change as they are retold, and why certain legends refuse to disappear.
He does not claim to have solved the mystery of ghosts. He just thinks the mystery — and the stories surrounding it — are worth documenting.
Meet The Ghost Hunter
Mike "Merle" Morin co-hosts Spooky Talk episodes
For more than two decades, veteran investigator Mike—known to thousands of listeners simply as MERLE—has been walking the thin line between history and the unknown.
Based out of Langley, British Columbia, Merle brings a rare blend of grounded research, sharp humor, and genuine respect to the world of ghosts, hauntings, and unexplained phenomena. Since 2015, he’s been a staple voice on the hit show Spaced Out Radio, co-hosting the monthly fan-favorite segment Ghosts of the Great White North. Whether analyzing high-strangeness on air or digging into regional folklore, his entertaining yet skeptical-minded approach has earned him a devoted following across the paranormal community.
When the microphones turn off, the road trip begins. As the founder and lead of The Paranormal Road Trippers, Merle logs thousands of miles exploring North America’s most active hotspots. His boots-on-the-ground investigations span the dark corridors of the Pacific Northwest and legendary haunts like Nevada's Mackay Mansion and Washington’s notorious St. Ignatius Hospital.
Along the way, he’s curated a bone-chilling collection of reportedly haunted artifacts, each with its own dark history and unexplained phenomena attached. Through podcasts, YouTube, live radio, and field investigations, Merle remains on a relentless quest for evidence of the afterlife—bringing curiosity, wit, and a healthy dose of courage to every creepy corner he uncovers.