By day, Joe Giaquinto is a computer guy—at night and on weekends, he is a psychic-medium and ghost hunter. He has experienced otherworldly phenomena in and around New York City and Long Island for over forty years.By day, Joe Giaquinto is a computer guy—at night and on weekends, he is a psychic-medium and ghost hunter. He has experienced otherworldly phenomena in and around New York City and Long Island for over forty years.
His first official ghostly encounter occurred in upstate New York, when he unknowingly moved into a haunted boarding house. Over the years that followed and his many encounters with the paranormal, he discovered the gift of mediumship and used this ability to enhance the quality of evidence gathered during paranormal investigations. Today, Joe conducts individual and group readings to bring comfort to people who have lost loved ones and wish to know there is a continuation of life after physical death. He also gives workshops and talks on a host of spiritual and paranormal topics.
Joe Giaquinto graduated from Adelphi University, Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Broadcast Communications. He runs a freelance computer consulting and website design business and is also a licensed airplane pilot.
His professional memberships, past and present, include the American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR), Association TransCommunication (AAEVP),Forever Family Foundation, Board of Directors—Hampton Bays Historical Society, First Parish Church Spiritual Renewal Center, East End Arts Council and the Southampton Artists Association. Joe owns the Ghost Hunters of Long Island—a paranormal research team. He specializes in spirit photography and Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVPs—the recorded voices of spirits.)
Joe's investigations have included both private homes and businesses as well as Gold Coast mansions and landmark properties, including Sagamore Hill, Sagtikos Manor, Oheka Castle, Hempstead Castle, Raynham Hall and Vanderbilt Mansion./p>
Joe has collaborated on several research projects, including four books on ghosts—Ghosts of Long Island I & II, Historic Haunts of Long Island and Haunted Long Island Mysteries—and a TV show pilot with author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky. He has appeared on local cable TV including Public Access-Channel 20 (the Janet Russell and Phoenix Rising shows), Easthampton LTV, Laura Savini’s Ticket Show on Channel 21, News12–Long Island, Channel 55 and Plum TV. Joe has been on both broadcast and internet radio with Shelli Sonstein at Q104 in NYC, with Pamela Marie Edmunds, and with Joy and Diane on AngelTalk Cafe. He has also appeared in online and print newspapers such as Patch.com, Newsday and the Southampton Press.
Joe has given presentations for professional organizations, historic societies and businesses, including St. James Cultural Arts Center, the Huntington Historical Society, Malverne Historic Society, the Ward Melville Heritage Organization (WMHO), the Bayport-Bluepoint, Brentwood, Connetquot, Cutchogue, Hampton Bays, Huntington, Levittown, Manhasset and Port Jefferson Public Libraries, Adelphi University, Suffolk Community College, Stars Above Sayville, Country House Restaurant, Eyes of Learning Center, Beach Club Estate, Porto Vivo Restaurant, Long Island Body Mind & Soul, the Holbrook Wellness Center, the Universal Workshop Center, Summerland Church and The COPE Foundation, as well as hosting online forums about spiritual topics. He produced and co-hosted the Kerriann and Joe Show, a weekly radio show about the spirit world with his partner, Kerriann Flanagan Brosky.