Historian, Author, and Paranormal Researcher
Chris Allen is a historian, author, and paranormal investigator whose work bridges the boundaries between documented history, lived experience, and the unexplained. Based in Savannah, Georgia—a city he often calls “a living archive of memory”—Chris has dedicated his life to uncovering, preserving, and interpreting stories that exist between fact and folklore.
Through years of research and thousands of hours of on-site investigation across the United States, Chris has explored both private and public locations: abandoned hospitals, historic battlefields, forgotten homesteads, and infamous sites of lingering tragedy. His investigations emphasize methodical documentation, environmental correlation, and historical validation, blending the rigor of scholarship with the intuition of field experience.
As the founder of Haunted Savannah Tours, Chris has guided countless guests through the city’s narrow lanes and haunted squares, transforming verified historical research into immersive, emotionally resonant storytelling. His tours are designed not merely to entertain, but to help guests feel the city’s pulse—the quiet persistence of history that still stirs in the dark corners of Savannah’s past.
Expanding the Frontier: Destination Ghost & Shadows of Savannah
Beyond Savannah’s moss-draped streets, Chris created Destination Ghost, a brand dedicated to exploring haunted locations across the nation. Through this expanding platform, he brings his investigative and storytelling expertise to new cities, sharing authentic accounts of hauntings, historical tragedies, and unexplained phenomena across America.
He is also the creator of Shadows of Savannah, a self-guided and GPS-enabled experience that allows travelers to explore the city’s haunted history at their own pace. Merging storytelling, technology, and geography, it represents Chris’s ongoing effort to make history and mystery more accessible, interactive, and personal for curious minds worldwide.
Philosophy: Between Science and the Supernatural
Chris approaches the paranormal with the same analytical curiosity that drives his historical research. To him, the supernatural is not a departure from science, but an extension of its frontier—a realm where human consciousness, environment, and unexplained phenomena overlap in ways we have yet to fully understand.
He believes that storytelling is the connective tissue between science and spirit. A ghost story, in his view, is never just a tale—it is data embedded in emotion, memory preserved through experience, and a record of how humanity grapples with mortality. His work seeks to balance skepticism with sensitivity, encouraging critical thinking without losing sight of wonder.
Chris often notes that ghosts, in their own way, are historical witnesses. Each haunting reflects a trace of the past imprinted on place and time, inviting us to listen more closely to what history leaves unsaid.
Innovation and Inquiry: The Lodestra Vision
In addition to his storytelling and investigative work, Chris founded Lodestra, a technology company focused on the future of paranormal and historical exploration. Through Lodestra, he develops advanced tools for investigators and researchers—ranging from evidence management systems and environmental analyzers to AI-assisted data platforms and digital self-guided tour frameworks.
Lodestra represents his belief that the unexplained deserves credible infrastructure. By combining technical precision with human curiosity, he aims to elevate paranormal research into a disciplined, transparent field rooted in data, ethics, and collaboration.
At the Crossroads of Past and Possibility
Chris’s projects share a common thread: the pursuit of understanding. Whether crafting immersive ghost tours, writing historical nonfiction, or designing investigative technology, his work invites others to see beyond surface-level myths and into the deeper questions of consciousness, memory, and meaning.
His forthcoming books, Beyond the Mortal Coil: The Spiritualist Suicides of Old Candler Hospital and The Ghosts We Keep, continue this exploration—interweaving history, psychology, and the supernatural into narratives that challenge readers to reconsider what haunts us, and why.
Through his writing, investigations, and technology, Chris Allen stands at the intersection of past and possibility, committed to illuminating the places where history breathes, science questions, and the unknown still lingers.
