Jim Malliard has learned a lot about life while investigating the afterlife.
How to persevere when faced with adversity has been one lesson. People haven’t taken too kindly to the talk of ghosts, strange electromagnetic activity, and other paranormal phenomena in Malliard’s hometown of Meadville, Penn.
The population is about 13,000; its claims to fame include native Sharon Stone, the invention of the zipper, and a part in helping slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Malliard described Meadville as a “cute little industrial, snowbelt town.”
Downtown Meadville, Penn. Doug Kerr/Wikimedia Commons
