Tina R. McSwain is Founder & Director of The Charlotte Area Paranormal Society or CAPS. She also serves as Lead Investigator and Historian of the group. She is a native Charlottean, and has been interested in the paranormal since reading Nancy Roberts' North and South Carolina ghost books of the 1960's/1970's.
Since childhood, she was somehow able to know that a future event was about to happen and throughout her adult life, has continued to become sensitive to the world around her. Her catalyst for studying the paranormal was her first encounter in 1989 with a full blown apparition of a friend's grandmother. The lady's ghost walked toward Tina, smiled, waved, and then turned around and disappeared. After the initial shock, Tina realized this was a rare occurrence and wanted to research her experience. Soon after, Tina found and studied with local metaphysical advisors and psychics, and read and studied many volumes on paranormal investigation techniques, equipment, and the science and theory behind it.
After several years of study, she wanted to practice what she had learned. She sought out and joined a number of North and South Carolina Paranormal and Ghost Hunting groups over the years. While serving in varying capacities, she gained valuable experience and continued to learn and experiment with and utilize new technology. Wanting a more professional and scientific research oriented group, Tina formed CAPS with a small group of like-minded colleagues. Since its formation in 2005, CAPS has assisted over 80 private home and business owners in both the Carolinas and Tennessee who have had concerns of paranormal activity.
When not helping a client, the CAPS team visits reportedly haunted locations, both famous and not-so-famous, in an effort to validate or dismiss these claims. In addition, CAPS serves as mentors to area high school students choosing ghost hunting as the subject of their Project Graduation requirements. Tina also handles the CAPS Cemetery Clean-up Committee and speaks at various events to educate the public on the vast world of the paranormal. Under Tina's direction and leadership, the Charlotte Area Paranormal Society continues to aid and support our clients; conduct research, investigate, and gather evidence of, and document encounters with, the unknown.
