After Hours AM - Living with the Paranormal with Steve LaChance (Premier Episode)

Steve LaChance, a paranormal investigator and author, estimates he has worked cases for 25 years, but his entry into the field was not a gradual interest—it was a crash course. In 2001, he moved his three children, then aged ten, eleven, and twelve, into a house in St. Louis that looked like his grandmother’s. What followed was a years-long ordeal that he describes as “spiritual combat,” one that eventually led him to a near-death experience in 2011 and a career dedicated to helping others through similar crises. His central message is humble and grounded: no one is an absolute expert, the human experience is the real subject of paranormal investigation, and the most important tool an investigator can bring is the willingness to listen.

The Haunting That Changed Everything

LaChance’s personal haunting began subtly. A picture of angels kept falling off a wall—not sliding, but flying across the room and hitting him in the back of the legs. Neighbors avoided walking past the house, and on moving day, a car slowed down with an ominous “We hope you get along well here.” The escalation was slow at first, then violent. His youngest son ran up from the basement, white and shaking, chased by something he could not name. Eventually, the children all ended up in LaChance’s bed at night. He rationalized it as stress from the move or the recent abandonment by their mother.