About 30 Odd Minutes
30 Odd Minutes is brought to you by a group of oddballs who are passionate about exploring the unexplained. Each person helps out in a variety of ways, and each brings a unique perspective to the show.
Jeff Belanger
Jeff is the author of more than a dozen books on the paranormal, he’s the founder of
Ghostvillage.com, the Web’s most popular ghostly destination, and he’s been a guest discussing the odd and unusual on more than 100 radio and television programs including: The History Channel, The Travel Channel, Living TV (UK),
The Maury Show, The CBS News
Early Show, National Public Radio, The BBC, Australian Radio Network,
Coast to Coast AM,
Spooky Southcoast, and
The 'X' Zone.
Intrigued by all things weird and paranormal, Jeff enjoys speaking with people
from all walks of life about their encounters with the profound. He also thought
30 Odd Minutes would be the perfect excuse to get out of the house one night a week for beer. He’s the host, creator, executive producer, and often buys the first round after the show.
Favorite beer: Dogfish IPA
Matt Moniz
Matt has been a scientist for the last 20 years in the field of analytical chemistry, working in the past for environmental, commercial/contract product testing, and pharmaceutical laboratories. He is the science advisor for the weekly radio show
Spooky Southcoast airing on Saturday nights on WBSM 1420 AM. For over 25 years he has been involved firsthand working with the world’s best in all areas of paranormal research doing scientific tests on materials connected to things like: UFOs and alien abductions, Crop circles, Witchcraft, psychic phenomena, ghosts, cryptozoology, and a multitude of other related topics. His scientific work is featured in dozens of books pertaining to these fields, and he has appeared on a number TV shows and documentaries about the paranormal over the years like:
MonsterQuest,
Conversations With a Serial Killer, and more. Matt is one of the producers of
30 Odd Minutes as well as a researcher and cameramen for the show.
Favorite Beer: Bass.
Rob Bailey
Rob went to college at Northeastern University (BSMET-Summa Cum Laude, University Award and AS Env. Eng. Tech) and Wentworth Institute of Technology (AS EET). Rob is a Mechanical Engineer who designs instrumentation used to detect/analyze a variety of gasses emitted by power plants as well as ambient air analyzers by day and a father of an 11 year old by night. When he finds time he likes to disprove paranormal theories using technology such as particulate counters and air analyzers (dust and gas can pretty much disprove 99% of orbs; do you really think ghosts are going to appear on digital or regular photography and not be seen by the naked eye?), experimentation and common sense. Even though he likes disproving paranormal claims he believes his grandmother paid him a visit in his sleep the night she died. Rob had several near death experiences growing up and through his twenties so he mellowed out, got married, bought a house, had a daughter (Jillian), and got a dog. When asked to help with
30 Odd Minutes he readily agreed, the thought of getting out of the house during the week made it easy.
Favorite Beer: Anchor Steam Liberty Ale
Andrew Lake
Andrew is a forty-five-year-old Rhode Island native who has known since the age of eleven that ghosts are real and scientists with fancy equipment and stiff theories need to get real. Going to work right after graduating from Smithfield High School in 1982, he has done many jobs including courier, warehouseman, travel guide researcher, stand up comedian (no money in that!) and home health care technician. During the nine years Andrew worked with the sick and elderly, his belief in an existence after death was reinforced by tales told to him by patients and their families. Living in a haunted house for five years also helped cement his fascination with ghosts and their antics. Now-a-days he looks after of his elderly father, Art Lake, a sixty one year veteran of radio and television and hardened skeptic of the paranormal. Andrew formed
Greenville Paranormal Research in 2006 and has worked with some of the best ghost hunters the Northeast has to offer. He is currently producing, writing, and directing documentaries about haunted locations around New England. Andrew also produced and edited the DVDs for author/researcher Christopher Balzano's books
Picture Yourself Ghost Hunting and
Picture Yourself Capturing Ghosts On Film as well as making appearances on
Spooky Southcoast Radio,
Ghost Chronicles,
Ghost R Near, and
Paranormal TV.
Favorite Beer: Guiness
Andy White
Andy has been the Production Coordinator at
ABMI Cable 8 for 4 years and has been volunteering there on and off for nearly 15 years. He has produced a great variety of shows with topics that include sports, the arts, music, and community information. Andy has worked with Jeff on a previous project called
Paranormal Journeys, a 10 minute long look at some of the haunted and weird places in Massachusetts. He doesn't know what to believe when it comes to the paranormal, but likes to learn about the subject through witty banter and Skype. When not working at Cable 8, he also is employed as a tow truck driver and bartender, though usually not at the same time. On the off chance he's not doing any of those jobs, he spends his fortune, on guitars, motorcycles, and golf. He likes the Gibson Les Paul, Harley Davidson, Blissful Meadows Country Club, and long walks on the beach.
Favorite Beer: Beer
Sarah Samways
Sarah is, by day, a therapist and researcher with a Master’s in Clinical Psychology and has, like most true geeks, been interested in all things unusual, paranormal, supernatural, and unexplained since childhood. Growing up, she could usually be found wandering about graveyards, immersed in a fantasy/sci-fi/horror novel or poking around creepy places rumored to be haunted, including her own home. Sarah has dabbled in a multitude of hobbies and careers in this lifetime including television news, radio broadcasting, public relations, marketing, academia, mental health, and theatre... all of which,
oddly enough, seem to fit in perfectly with being part of the show’s crew. Sarah lives for hearing people’s life stories, the more bizarre the better, and envisions using her clinical expertise to assist others in dealing with paranormal activity as well as to debunk claims that may be more aptly explained by psychology and/or biological science. When not pursuing amateur artistic endeavors, she’s out in the paranormal field as a fledgling investigator with anyone who will let her tag along for the ride. She considers the living to be far more frightening than the dead, and death to be nothing more than the next great adventure.
Favorite Beer: Rogue Shakespeare Stout
