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About Ursula Bielski
 Historian,
author, and parapsychology enthusiast, Ursula Bielski has been writing
and lecturing about Chicago's supernatural folklore and the paranormal
for more than 16 years. A recognized authority on the Chicago region's
ghostlore and cemetery history, she is the author of four popular and
critically acclaimed books on the same subjects, all published by Lake
Claremont Press.
Ursula's
interests in ghost hunting began at a young age. She grew up in a
haunted house on Chicago's north side and received an early education
in Chicago history from her father, a Chicago police officer. Since
that time she has been involved in numerous investigations of haunted
sites in and around Chicago, including such notorious locales as
Wrigley Field; the Red Lion Pub, Bachelors Grove Cemetery, and the
Oshkosh, WI, Opera House.
Aside from
her writing, Ursula has been featured on several television
documentaries, including productions by the A&E Network, The
History Channel, The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel, and PBS. She
also appears regularly on local Chicago television and radio, and
lectures throughout the year at various libraries, historical and
professional societies. In addition to her books, Ursula is the author
of numerous scholarly articles exploring the links between history and
the paranormal, including articles published in the International Journal of Parapsychology. Ursula is a past editor of PA News,
the quarterly newsletter of the Parapsychological Association, a past
president and board member of the Pi Gamma Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta,
the national history honor society, and has membership in the Society
of Midland Authors.
A graduate
of St. Benedict High School in Chicago, Ursula holds a B.A. degree in
history from Benedictine University and an M.A. in American cultural
and intellectual history from Northeastern Illinois University. Her
academic explorations include the Spiritualist movement of the 19th
century and its transformation into psychical research and
parapsychology; and the relationship between belief, experience,
science, and religion.
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