Mr. Richard Senate

Mr. Richard Senate was born in Los Angeles, California, the first son of artist and decorator Leonard Senate who worked for MGM Studios in Culver City. He grew up in Thousand Oaks, California, until his father retired and moved to Ventura, California. Here he attended Ventura High School and Ventura Community College where he earned an AA Degree. He went on to Long Beach State University where he earned a degree in History (the first in his family to gain a degree) He did a years post grad work at UCSB Santa Barbara and attended the Archaeological Field School (out of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) at San Antonio de Padua Mission. He became the site manager of the Albinger Archaeological Museum, the the Olivas Adobe Historic Site, both in Ventura. He gave tours of historic sites and acted as historian for the city of Ventura. He became interested in the paranormal after seeing a ghost and is the author of 23 books on the subject of ghosts, folklore, local history and mystery fiction. He has appeared on many TV shows over the years from Sightings, to Ghost Adventures. He even had a small part of the comedic film "LA Paranormal". He is married to Debbie, a psychic, and they have three children and six grandchildren. They reside in Ventura where Mr. Senate continues to give tours, teach history, and write for several small newspapers and magazines, such as Fate.