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Nick Groff Wife, Family Tragedy, Net Worth, Why He Left Ghost Adventures

Nick Groff has been enraptured by the supernatural for as long as anyone – including himself – can remember. He is an American musician, producer, television personality and paranormal investigator. Nick has many interests but is known almost solely for his efforts in tracking down and investigating paranormal occurrences.

In 2004, he became executive producer, cameraman and editor of a documentary called Ghostbusters. He was also part of the cast as a co-investigator. In 2008, he started working on a television series of the same name. The series saw him return to the same documentary roles and responsibilities he had been involved with the show for ten seasons which culminated in 2014.

In his time with the Ghostbusters franchiser, Nick has also been involved in many other projects, most of them paranormal-oriented. In 2016, he launched his TV series, Paranormal Lockdown. He has also produced a few movies, released music albums, and worked with other networks and channels like Travel Channel, TLC, and Destination America.

The tragic life of Nick Groff

Nicholas Groff was born on April 19, 1980, in San Jose, California. However, he grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire. Nick’s interest in the supernatural goes way back to his childhood. Nick revealed that when he was eight years old he had a near death experience. He was playing in a tree in the yard of the family home when he fell to the ground from a branch of the tree.

At the age of ten, young Nick spoke of seeing an apparition of a black man. He thinks his accident at eight o’clock made him more open and receptive to the supernatural. He studied at Pelham High School in New Hampshire, after which he studied at the University of Nevada, where he earned a degree in film.

Career

Nicholas met Zak Bagans in 2004 and the two hits after discovering their mutual interest in paranormal activity. They started together as a DJ and cameraman for weddings until they decided to become a team of paranormal investigators. For this they hired and had to hire an extra hand. So they chose Aaron Goodwin, who was Groff’s colleague at the time from the University of Nevada.

In 2004, the trio began researching and filming a documentary in some of Nevada’s most chilling locations in search of evidence of paranormal activity. Soon their work was noticed by some producers and critics who reviewed it positively. Nick and his Ghost Adventurers pals soon got a contract to do their own show to air on Travel Channel. During the show, Nick claimed at one point that he saw a female spirit while they were filming at Linda Vista Hospital in Los Angeles. This experience and a few others helped solidify his belief in the afterlife.

The series was called Ghost Adventurers and premiered on October 17, 2008. Nick Groff ran the business as executive producer and co-researcher for ten seasons, including the tenth in 2014. It was his final season, regardless of or its quality. After leaving the show, Nick Groff created another show called Ghost Stalkers for Destination America However, the series could not match the success of its previous efforts and was only six episodes long.

Other Efforts

The California boy also has a bit of a business in him and has been working to monetize his brand. Nick Groff has his own clothing brand which he dubbed the “Ghost Collection”. In 2012, he also released a book called Chasing Spirits: Building the Ghost Adventure Crew. It was a memoir of sorts covering his experiences and those of his crew during their time in the Ghost Adventures franchise. The same year, Nick also released two music albums under Groff Entertainment, his entertainment company. The first was The Other Side and the other was titled Spiritual Warfare: Good vs. Evil

Nick has also leveraged Groff Entertainment to produce songs and albums for some independent artists. He has also produced (as an executive producer), written and directed film and television projects. These included 2004 Malevolence, and the 2012 Travel Channel series Vegas Stripped.

His other professional pursuits include a gym he opened in Methuen, Massachusetts in June 2013. He named it Driving, Health & Fitness and co-owned the venue until August 2015. He also competed in the competition television show American Ninja Warrior in 2014.

His latest effort into the paranormal world came on March 4, 2016, when Destination America presented his new show. Paranormal lock. This project was much more successful than their earlier collaboration and set high network ratings for the network. As a result, it was picked up by TLC for its second and third seasons. His relationship with Destination America also saw him involved in their Ghosts of Shepherdstown project in 2016. Here, he played the role of a paranormal expert called upon to assist the police department with cases involving the paranormal.

Why Nick Groff L eft ghost adventurers

While Nick was with the Ghost Riders, he began to attract interest from other networks, particularly Discovery Channel’s sister network Destination America. Reports reveal that Nick had been planning a new show with the network that was appealing to him and could find no way to resolve the scheduling issues between them and the Travel Channel. So the only option was to leave the show.

Other reports suggest it was taken from the show, other rumors suggest Nick Groof and Zak Bagans were spinoffs. Rumors of these rumors were stoked when, in 2016, days after Nick premiered in Paranormal Lockdown, Bagans posted a series of tweets accusing an unnamed character of shamelessly using the Ghost Raiders brand to promote his own businesses.

Is he married, who is his wife?

Nicolas is married to Véronique Roussel. The couple met in high school and got engaged in senior year. Veronica is his first confidant and partner when it comes to his early days as a supernatural investigator. The couple married in 2004, and Nick met Zak Bagans, the DJ at the ceremony.

Nick and Veronica have lived in New England since 2012, their second daughter, Chloë, was born in September 2014. Their first child is a daughter named Annabelle, born in December 2010.

Nick Groff net worth

Nick’s music and film pursuits, as well as his brand of clothing and other endeavors mean he’s sitting on a decent pile of cash. According to various sources, he has a net worth of $1 million.

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