Aaron Sagers

... is a Storyteller. An award-winning media personality and travel expert, he is a TV & on-camera host, producer, journalist, and author on a lifelong mission to make cross-cultural connections across the globe. Sagers is best known for his expertise as a Paranormal Journalist, Paranormal Pop Culture historian, and “nerd culture” expert.

Whether exploring Knights Templar in France, drag racing in the United Arab Emirates, exploring elf caves in Iceland, spending days in Romani villages in Transylvania, tagging Great Whites in Cape Cod, swimming in Loch Ness, searching for a cursed witch in a Nicaraguan volcano, camping at Mt. Fuji, wrangling crocodiles in Australia, meeting privately with the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome, traveling solo in Morocco, or pursuing the best cocktails in, well, everywhere, Aaron is a relentlessly curious adventurer who has explored six continents, and dozens of countries. He was invested as one of only three worldwide Knights of Count Dracula by the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, is a Scottish Laird, was turned into an action figure, ran some marathons, and has his face on a bottle of rum.

A National Geographic presenter and former professor at New York University, Aaron currently appears as host of Netflix’s 28 Days Haunted, on Travel Channel’s Paranormal Caught on Camera (now filming its seventh season); is creator/host of the Talking Strange video and podcast show with the Den of Geek network; producer/host of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Ripley’s Road Trip show; creator/host of the ad-supported independently produced paranormal/true crime podcast NightMerica.

More about Aaron:

Previously, he was a host, producer, and Editor At Large for Syfy; a host for Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Happy Hour; and a pop-culture expert for SKY TV’s Best of Sci-Fi movies program. He has been on The Today Show, was Host/Co-Executive Producer on the Travel Channel’s Paranormal Paparazzi (where he remains a Travel Expert) and hosted a Being Human after-show for Syfy. Sagers appeared as the host TLC’s Paranormal Lockdown: Evidence Revealed. He worked with HBO as a Game of Thrones expert for morning shows across the nation and filmed a Travels With Dracula travel show in Transylvania (with Bram Stoker's descendant) — which led to him returning to Romania for his Vlad vs. Vlad segments with Luke Evans to support Universal Home Entertainment's Dracula Untold. He joined TruTV's Super Into with Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad, and you have seen him  turned into a The Walking Dead Walker by effects guru Greg Nicotero. Sagers also hosted on-camera Back to the Future and The Breakfast Club reunions for Universal Home Entertainment, hosted panels and Facebook Lives for Child’s Play/Cult of Chucky premiere events, and the Apple Store multicast Oscar event for Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

You have also seen Sagers as a host, or guest, across the globe on: Japan’s Fuji TV, Germany’s Bild, Australia’s NewsCorp, UK’s BBC and SKY, Europe’s RTL — and Huffington Post Live, AOL Build, Reelz, Fusion, ABC, NPR, MTV, and CNN.

He has performed as a guest or host at live events for: Fox, Esquire TV, Focus Features, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Syfy, and Universal, and at conventions such as San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic-Con, Star Wars Celebration, South By Southwest. 

Along with a decade of experience as a journalist and syndicated columnist for  Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, and more, Sagers has been profiled in The Hollywood Reporter, interviewed by The New York Times, is author of "Paranormal Pop Culture: Rambling and Shambling Through the Entertainment of the Unexplained" and contributing author to Doctor Who Psychology, and The Joker Psychology.

He has an extensive social media reach, and is a verified personality. As an influencer, he has partnered with FitBit, Victorinox, Booking.com, Tito's Vodka, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, and Discovery Times Square & Star Wars. Follow his adventures on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Patreon.