Nicholas Nick Groff born April 19 1980 is an American paranormal investigator producer musician and TV personality He was a coinvestigator executive producer editor and cameraman on Ghost Adventures from seasons 110 he was the lead investigator for all 4 seasons of Destination Americas reality series Paranormal Lockdown Raised in New England hes been fascinated with the paranormal since childhood because of his passion for horror movies and some inexplicable experiences within his home and family His strong vivacity led him to risk his own life twice within one year he considers the first and gravest time a neardeath experience that made him more sensitive to the supernatural He then moved to Las Vegas NV to graduate with a BA in Film at the University of Nevada UNLV During his senior year he got engaged with his high school sweetheart Veronique Roussel who also was his partner during his first attempts of paranormal research in Nevada As their wedding DJ they hired Zak Bagans who Nick befriended afterwards the two of them told each other about their individual experiences with ghosts Then from working together as DJ and camera operator for weddings they became a team of young paranormal investigators and in order to make a proper documentary about ghosts they needed to hire one more person They chose Aaron Goodwin who Nick had met years before during an UNLV film conference So in 2004 the Ghost Adventures Crew was born when with no money but full of hopes the three of them began to travel to the most haunted places in Nevada for their Ghost Adventures The Original Documentary and later got the attention of critics and producers which allowed them to create their own tv show on Travel Channel Ghost Adventures was his first paranormal tv project which he cocreated cohosted and executive produced for 10 seasons 20082014 He worked on many projects in different fields from creating his own clothing brand the Phantom Collection to writing his autobiographic book titled Chasing Spirits The Building of the Ghost Adventures Crew 2012 As a singer he released in 2012 two music albums The Other Side and Spiritual War Good vs Evil Through his production company Groff Entertainment he produces some independent music artists besides of his tv projects Among his past film projects are the movie he wrote and directed Malevolence 2004 and the tv shows he executive produced Travel Channels Vegas Stripped 2012 and Destination Americas paranormal reality series Ghost Stalkers 2014 His dedication to sports and wellness led him to open his own gym and in June 2013 he launched the Drive Health Fitness in Methuen MA which he coowned until August 2015 Groff has also executive produced and starred in along with Katrina Weidman Destination Americas paranormal realty series Paranormal Lockdown 201619 in which he was the lead investigator