the crew

We're a scrappy & passionate bunch of paranormal investigators, magickal practitioners, & filmmakers attempting to go where no ghost hunters have ventured before. New Blood Universe is the first paranormal media production co. of its kind - with an almost entirely LGBTQIA+ in-house cast/crew. We investigate the Woo with intense curiosity from a wide variety of perspectives. We follow the synchronicities. We follow the crossovers. We follow the weird.

Meet the Weirdos

  • Fen Alankus (She/They)

    Eclectic Witch, paranormal investigator, and host of Follow the Woo Podcast. She has apprenticed with gurus, been mentored by shamans, and worked with dozens of mystics, witches, and psychics. Her central focus is at the intersection of the paranormal & feminism and is committed to queer-ifying the paranormal space. In her two debut documentary series – she worked a spell to draw in a team of special weirdos to investigate the paranormal from a more fresh, feminist, and mystical perspective.

  • Aubrey Archer (they/them)

    a filmmaker, forager, and hedgewitch based in the elusive forests of the Pacific Northwest. Raised in a haunted Victorian house in Kentucky, Aubrey has been communing with the paranormal for as long as they can remember. After being suspended from Catholic middle school for practicing witchcraft on school grounds, Aubrey shifted their focus to music and filmmaking but the Woo never stopped calling.

  • Michelle Belanger (He/She/They)

    Occult expert, presenter, singer, psychic, and author of over thirty books on the paranormal. Michelle is most widely known for appearances on the shows Paranormal State, Conjuring Kesha, and Jack Osbourne’s Portals to Hell. Nowadays, Michelle teaches online classes and creates a variety of resources for personal psychic development. Find out more about Michelle here.

  • Stephanie Bingham (She/Her)

    Born and raised in Kentucky and could see spirits since she was a small child. This led her to have a fascination with all things paranormal. Wanting to give herself a basis in the paranormal history of the US, she received both her master's and undergraduate degrees in these topics. She is a cohost on the CW’s Mysteries Decoded, and her experiences have been featured on Destination America’s Paranormal Lockdown and SyFy Channel’s School Spirits. She has also been published in several volumes of The Feminine Macabre and several other books focusing on paranormal encounters and haunted history.

  • Megan (she/her)

    Megan, a TikTok influencer in the LGBTQIA+ community with a passion for the paranormal, is a captivating researcher, collector, and enthusiast of supernatural and folklore tales. Her keen attention to detail, paired with her witty humor, brings a light-hearted charm to even the spookiest stories she shares. (She is also our resident Canadian!)

  • Tigresse Bleu (they/she)

    A conjurer of all sorts who delves into their hearts’ desires wherever it leads them and it has never led them astray. They are mainly a dancer, tarot/oracle reader, poet, and stylist but the paranormal investigation rabbit hole is a newer path and one they’re excited to explore.

  • Taylor Brown (She/Her)

    She is the Scully of the group and considers herself a baby in the paranormal world. She’s not super adventurous and she loves routine and simplicity. Her extensive background in photography synchronistically landed her a spot on the crew. During filming, she found herself so invested in the initiatory process, that she stayed up late, got up early, and fully immersed herself in ways that surprised her.

  • Chris Amandier (they/them)

    A paranormal researcher and host of Buried Secrets Podcast, a podcast about the paranormal, the occult, and weird and forgotten history. They blog about the intersection of the paranormal, tech, nostalgia, and creativity every weekday, and their writing has also been published in The Feminine Macabre Volumes I and II.

  • Aleksander (he/him)

    A student filmmaker, writer, and green witch, Alex (he/him) is in his last year of film school focusing on screenwriting. Past paranormal experiences and a love for all things strange drew him to New Blood where he continuously dives down rabbit holes of research. Alex’s work is centered around folklore, specifically vampire legends. here

  • Danelle (they/them)

    Danelle Cloutier (they/them) is a non-binary, queer, award-winning journalist, audio engineer and queerdo. Their curiosity has taken them to exceptional places around the world to explore spaces with dark histories through a marginalized lens in their podcast Stranger Than Usual. They basically want to be Josh GAYtes. They're a paranormal investigator on, and co-creator of the show, The Curious Crypt. They're a researcher and writer for the YouTube channel Paranormally Listed. Danelle spent the first few years of their life living in a haunted house. As a kid, they took out books about aliens and ghosts at the library because they've always been fascinated by the histories and stories of haunted locations. Now they're trying to tap back into their intuition after struggling with addiction.

  • Amelio (She/they)

    An eclectic Green witch and herbalist, Amelio grew up with an early fascination in the natural world. Working closely with plants, animals, and insects became the foundation of their unique connection to the liminal spaces of nature. Their workings specifically utilize the protective energy of trees and mycelium networks to create grounded space. Amelio’s magical work is also closely focused on death and grief processing through shadow work, exploring and leaning into the hidden parts of the self.

    As a small business owner, they have extensive experience in bringing magick into everyday practice in the work space to create intentional and grounded energy into all they create.