Welcome!

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Welcome to the  official Richard Senate website!

Richard Senate is  a world-renowned paranormal investigator and ghost storyteller, as well as an established historian/lecturer specializing in early California  history &  the history of the cities of Ventura & Ojai, Ca., and the founding of Ventura County, Ca.

On this site you’ll enjoy access to his  history lectures, tours, ghost hunts & creative storytelling, and his hosting work on the  local (Ventura) public television series Stories from the Past & About Town.

If you can’t make a tour or lecture in person, please stop by the Gift Store, where you can purchase books, audio CDs, DVDs  and downloadable media as well.

To arrange for a lecture or tour, please feel free to contact Mr. Senate directly at richardsenateghosthunter@gmail.com

NEW RELEASES

Richard Senate is pleased to present his newest book The Ghosts of Santa Barbara: Haunted places in Santa Barbara County. Available  on Amazon.com.  It can be purchased on Kindle form or paperback.

The Ghosts of Santa Barbara: Haunted places in Santa Barbara County contains many stories never before published. Stories of ghost monks at  Mission Santa Barbara, and the ghost of  Fr. Francisco Sanchez,  reported to also be haunting Mission Santa Barbara.

History of California, Ghost Hunting, Storytelling