Jeff Davis was born in Vancouver, Washington and grew up in the Army, so to speak. Jeff’s father was stationed at the Vancouver Barracks and Jeff grew up playing in and around the Barracks. His interest in a military career competed with his interests in ghosts, mythology, and archaeology, which began when he spent many evenings watching old horror movies, such as the original Mummy, with Boris Karloff.

Jeff has written, edited, or contributed to over a dozen books on military history, and the paranormal.  Some of these books include, Weird Washington, Weird Oregon, A Haunted Tour Guide to the Pacific Northwest, Ghosts, Critters and Sacred Place of Washington and Oregon, Volumes 1 - III, and many others.  He focus on the historical context of hauntings, the who, what, where, and WHY a location might be haunted.  He has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM, and the History Channel series, Haunted History.  Jeff has also been a five-time guest expert on the Travel Channel show, The Dead Files, and two-time guest on Ghost Adventures.

While still in High School, Jeff joined the US Army Reserves, and spent 32 years in the US Army and Army Reserves.  He started off as a private in the Infantry, and finished his career as a military historian.  He served in many countries, including Italy, Japan, Korea, Bosnia, and other countries in Southwest Asia.  One of the high points of his career was in Bosnia, where he organized a troop of soldiers who volunteered to put on puppet shows for Bosnian orphans in their off duty hours.

Jeff received a BS in anthropology from Portland State University, in Portland, Oregon.  In the 1990s, Jeff lived in England for nearly a year, while he studied archaeology at the University of Sheffield.  He eventually received a MA in Archaeology and Prehistory, after completing his thesis on the Vikings in Greenland.  Between Army and Army Reserve work, Jeff worked for several years as an archaeologist on many of the National Forests in the Pacific Northwest. 

Following his military retirement, Jeff concentrated on the military history and heritage of the Vancouver Barracks, and the Pacific Northwest and continues exploring the paranormal world.  Jeff combines two passions by giving regular Spirit Tours of the Vancouver Barracks.  His website is:  www.ghostsandcritters.com.