Exploring the Paranormal with Blood Moon Paranormal, Part One | Guest Zak Wenzel
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories
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🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
For Zak Wenzel, a fascination with the paranormal started young—and it’s never left him.
Over the past decade, that fascination has grown into full-scale investigations at some of the Midwest’s most well-known haunted locations, including the Old Joliet Prison. As the founder of Blood Moon Paranormal, he leads a team that not only investigates the unknown, but documents it—producing documentary-style videos that explore both the history and the activity they encounter.
Zak shares what it really takes to run a paranormal team, the work behind filming and reviewing investigations, and the experiences he’s had during investigations that have challenged his perspective. He also opens up about one of the more unsettling parts of his journey—an attachment he believes may have followed him from the Villisca Axe Murder House, something that still makes its presence known.
It’s a look at what happens when a lifelong fascination turns into something more—and when the unknown doesn’t always stay behind.
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| 1:00.6 | Today on The Grave Talks, exploring the paranormal with Blood Moon Paranormal, a conversation with Zach Wenzel. |
| 1:16.9 | Thank you. with Zach Wenzel. For Zach Wenzel, a fascination with the paranormal started young, and it's never left him. |
| 1:23.7 | Over the past decade, that fascination has grown into full-scale investigations at some of the Midwest's most well-known haunted locations, including the old Joliet Prison. |
| 1:35.7 | As the founder of Blood Moon Paranormal, he leads a team that not only investigates the unknown but documents it, producing documentary-style videos that explore both the |
| 1:46.3 | history and the activity they encounter. Zach shares what it really takes to run a paranormal team, |
| 1:53.7 | the work behind filming and reviewing the investigations, and the experiences he's had during |
| 1:59.4 | investigations that have challenged his perspective. |
| 2:03.1 | He also opens up about one of the more unsettling parts of his journey, |
| 2:07.6 | an attachment that he believes may have followed him from the Veliska Axe Murder House, |
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