August 8, 1966 — October 31, 2023
Paul grew up in Blanchester, Ohio and De Smet, South Dakota. Paul worked for Trane in Clarksville, Tennessee for 20 years, where he retired to become “Clarksville’s favorite Hot Dog Man” as co-owner of Pop & Dogs Food Truck with his wife of 31 years, Cindy.
Paul was instrumental in getting the lifelong dream of UFO detection available to a team of researchers. As an integral part of the tech support team headed by MADAR Director Fran Ridge, he and a small group of dedicated "ham" operators were able to create the system based on Ridge's white paper in a crash program of less than 18 months. The system went operational in May of 2018.
Paul’s hobbies included geocaching, traveling, visiting local restaurants, working with various electronics, costuming, building movie props, tabletop games, and paranormal research. He founded the Clarksville Ghost Hunters and investigated many haunted locations in the Clarksville and mid-south area. He authored two books on paranormal subjects and has been a guest speaker for several conventions, conferences, radio shows, and local events. Paul performed as the character “Lump” in the Nashville horror show, Chiller Cinema, in the mid-2000s. He was also a member of the 501st Legion as a stormtrooper and participated in various charity events during his time with the group. Paul was also known for his incredible, hand-built Ghostbusters costume and could be seen every October all over town at various events and comic conventions.