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KEN BRADEN
Ghost Expedition Trainer & Researcher
Braden is a former Combat Communications Specialist.
His eight-year service to the United States began in the U.S.
Army where he was stationed in Berlin, Germany, focusing on
both wire and radio communications for combat support. Returning
to California, he joined the California Army National Guard
in Communications as a Retrans Operator (point to point communications).
Braden received an Army Accommodation Medal, Medal of Occupation
and the German Weapons Qualification Medal for his work.
Back in the private sector, Braden spent four years putting
his training and expertise to work as a Site Supervisor in
the security industry for CNN. Working closely with the U.S.
Secret Service, Braden was responsible for organizing the
ultimate safety of political notables like Ross Perot and
former First Ladies, as well as Hollywood celebrities like
Robin Williams, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Charlton Heston.
As a young child, Braden's fascination with the Civil War
Period, paved the road for his adult hobby and participation
as a Civil War Reenactor. He has participated in numerous
reenactments; events as far away from Hollywood including
the Battle of Mobile reenactment, in Mobile, Alabama, to celebrate
the city's Tricentennial and the largest civil war reenactment
of the decade, the 140th Anniversary Gettysburg Reenactment
which will take place on the actual Gettysburg battlefields.
During these reenactments, he has portrayed Irish Immigrant
soldiers, from both the North and the South, in an effort
to help honor the contributions and sacrifices that the Irish
made during early American history. Braden's participation
as a Civil War Reenactor has provided him with additional
exciting opportunities such as helping to create the sounds
and voices for the famous Lincoln Exhibit at Disneyland in
Anaheim, California, and perform as a Civil War soldier in
an episode of the ABC TV primetime series, Miracles.
Braden's military service in Germany and his involvement in
Civil War reenactments have been dotted with various paranormal
experiences propelling him to seek education with respect
to paranormal matters from the ISPR during the Summer of 1997.
He began as a Ghost Expedition research trainee. In the years
that followed, Braden's experience in Ghost Expedition research
has earned him the unique position of GE Trainer; responsible
for the hands-on instruction and safety of GE participants
and the training of GE Researchers. His Ghost Expedition experience
has spanned the spectrum from utilization of hardware to the
study of clairvoyance with the traditional GE benefit of supervising
celebrity Ghost Expedition participants like Scott Baio, Brandon
Brooks, Sara Downing, and Aaron Van Wagner and representing
ISPR's Ghost Expeditions on various television programs like
Blind Date and the Today Show
on NBC. Braden participated with Dr. Montz in the clearing
or 'crossing over' of the seven resident Vogue Theatre entities
on December 23, 2001.
Braden continued to work on expanding his own clairvoyant
abilities in addition to his technical duties, under the direction
of Dr. Larry Montz. In his free time, he pursued his other
interests of photography, studying history, writing, and used
to enjoy swing dancing at the Derby in Hollywood.
Braden worked for Ghost Expeditions
until Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.
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Ken Braden
ISPR Ghost Expedition Trainer
Photo courtesy of ISPR LA
Ken Braden still turns red at autograph
requests.
Fun Fact: Ken Braden played himself, an
ISPR Ghost Expedition Researcher in Hollywood, and livened up
the dates of different couples for two episodes of the syndicated
television series, Blind Date.
Braden expanded his research horizons
during 2003 as the historical researcher for the documentary,
New Orleans Rich & Haunted, which opened at the Salento Film
Festival in Italy, August 2004 and premiered in Hollywood, October
2004.
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