About Us
WHO WE ARE HOW WE CAN HELP
C.P.I. was founded in 2004 by Nicholas Smith-Koblitz to investigate and study locations with reputed supernatural disturbances. Crypto's mission remains the investigation of paranormal phenomenon and the formalization of research protocols and data collection methods.The group's long term goal is to establish the true cause and nature of unexplained phenomenon currently called supernatural, whether due to overactive imaginations, ghosts or natural phenomena that may have been overlooked or remain undiscovered at this time.
Over the past decade, Crypto, has continued to learn, innovate and hone it's research protocols, selection and use of technologies to conduct experiments. C.P.I. holds it's personel and methodologies to a high and ever growing standard to insure the integrity of not only it's research but that of the parapsychological field at large.
If you feel your home, or workplace might be haunted or are experiencing strange activity you are not alone. C.P.I. has worked with numerous individuals, families, businesses, and institutions providing information and support. Crypto works with our clients on a one on one basis to help ease your fears and provide explanations for your experiences. If the need should arise, Crypto, offers field studies and assessments of locations, using objective investigative and multimedia recording methods.
C.P.I. guarantees complete confidentiality to it's clients and provides all, informational, investigative and consultation services, as a charity service free of charge. If you or some one you know requires information or assistance please see our Ghosts and Hauntings or Psychic Phenomenon pages or visit Contact Us.
In addition to field research, C.P.I., is engaged in lab based studies, geared toward testing and recreating paranormal and psychic
experiences under controlled conditions. Crypto is constantly experimenting with new and inovative investigative techniques and using technologies to document and study paranormal experiences in the field.
THE CRYPTO APPROACH
Crypto's investigations and other research projects are approached from a objective standpoint. The investigation team, documents the location and attempts to recreate eyewitness reports and if possible provide natural explanations for the claims of paranormal activity. Prior to conducting any field research, Crypto, conducts an extensive background workup on the investigation site including, history, eyewitness interviews and local geology. When conducting field investigations, Crypto investigators, utilize multi-spectrum video and audio recording systems as well as environmental measurement and data-logging equipment to study and monitor the location and record any experiences or anomalies.
At the conclusion of a case, which is often comprised of multiple field investigations, all evidence is examined and any unexplained events or anomalies are analyzed, this information is then compared against eye witness reports and other collected information. If any anomalies are recorded, video, auditory or environmental, these are further analyzed and attempts are made to recreate the anomaly to determine the cause. During the analysis investigators use a combination of technologies including, professional video and audio editing software and other resources to deduce the cause of the claims of activity and often consult with outside specialists in historical, scientific and engineering fields. Crypto Paranormal Investigations provides natural explanations for 96 percent of the hauntings that the team investigates.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE
Since it's inception C.P.I. has had the privilege to visit a wide variety of locations throughout the United States and worked with numerous individuals to help them better understand their own unique paranormal situations. Some of the notorious locations Crypto has investigated include: the Lizzie Borden home in Massachusetts, The Iron Island Museum in Buffalo, NY, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia and the battlefields of Gettysburg. Crypto was the only group to have been permitted to investigate Green Mountain College's Ames Hall, in Poultney, Vermont in 2008.
In July of 2009, the group released its first documentary film, Infrared, about their investigative methods and continuing study of the historic Fort Sewall in Marblehead, Massachusetts. In September of 2011, Crypto made history as the first team to conduct an on-site paranormal investigation of Glastenbury Mountain in Vermont, epicenter of the so called "Bennington Triangle".
Crypto Paranormal Investigations has been the subject of numerous articles and news broadcasts including: CBS News (Ghost Hunting, Science or the Environment), The Johnny and Barry Show, The Salem News, The Berkshire Eagle, The Marblehead Reporter, SouthCoast Today and The Bennington Banner. In 2008 Crypto's investigation techniques and equipment were discussed on Spooky Southcoast Radio.
In it's continuing mission of educational outreach, C.P.I. has lectured and provided demonstrations for high schools, colleges and historical societies. Since 2009, Crypto's media devision, Paranormal TV, has continued to produce independent documentary films featuring the unique locations that Crypto Studies. In 2019, C.P.I. released the first season of a Youtube documentary series, Paranormal, that chronicles the lives and cases of the C.P.I. team members. Paranormal TV is currently engaged in the production of a tutorial video series for Youtube.