Amy Bruni

Bruni was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up in a home in Alameda{{cite web|url=https://www.newportri.com/story/lifestyle/2021/09/10/portsmouth-paranormal-investigator-amy-bruni-star-of-travel-channel-ghost-hunters-kindred-spirits/8168579002/|work=The Newport Daily News|date=September 10, 2021|title=Paranormal investigator Amy Bruni of Portsmouth explores evidence of the afterlife on Earth|last=Bodah|first=Paula M.|quote=Amiable or malevolent, ghosts fascinate the 45-year-old, and she has spent a lifetime trying to understand them.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603105642/https://www.newportri.com/story/lifestyle/2021/09/10/portsmouth-paranormal-investigator-amy-bruni-star-of-travel-channel-ghost-hunters-kindred-spirits/8168579002/|archive-date=June 3, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rimonthly.com/reality-tv-star-amy-bruni-spills-on-her-new-book/|work=Rhode Island Monthly|title=Reality TV Star Amy Bruni Spills on Her New Book|last=Coelho|first=Jamie|date=October 15, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109025140/https://www.rimonthly.com/reality-tv-star-amy-bruni-spills-on-her-new-book/|archive-date=November 9, 2022}} that she and her family believed was haunted.{{cite news|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2021/02/17/star-ghost-hunters-and-kindred-spirits-amy-bruni-talks-belief/6755920002/|work=Providence Journal|last=Miller|first=G. Wayne|date=February 17, 2021|url-status=live|title=RI local and star of 'Ghost Hunters' + 'Kindred Spirits' on her search for the paranormal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204233156/https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2021/02/17/star-ghost-hunters-and-kindred-spirits-amy-bruni-talks-belief/6755920002/|archive-date=December 4, 2021}}{{cite web|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/29/metro/one-worlds-most-famous-ghost-hunters-lives-rhode-island-shes-got-stories-tell/|date=October 29, 2020|title=One of the world’s most famous ghost hunters lives in Rhode Island - and she’s got stories to tell|last=McGowan|first=Dan|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230503132513/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/29/metro/one-worlds-most-famous-ghost-hunters-lives-rhode-island-shes-got-stories-tell/|archive-date=May 3, 2023|url-status=live}} Bruni says she had her first paranormal experience in the home at age six.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2020/10/21/kindred-spirits-host-amy-bruni-explains-how-to-talk-to-ghosts-and-shares-a-queen-mary-scare-in-new-book/|work=Los Angeles Daily News|date=October 21, 2020|title=‘Kindred Spirits’ host Amy Bruni explains how to talk to ghosts, and shares a Queen Mary scare in new book|last=Fadroski|first=Kelly Skye|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250320044552/https://www.dailynews.com/2020/10/21/kindred-spirits-host-amy-bruni-explains-how-to-talk-to-ghosts-and-shares-a-queen-mary-scare-in-new-book/|archive-date=March 20, 2025}} "We had multiple experiences with spirits," Bruni recalled. "One time we had neighbors over for dinner and they were saying they didn’t believe in ghosts, and right then a picture came off the wall, hovered there for a second and crashed to the floor. They never set foot in the house again." Her experiences in her childhood home inspired her to seek a career studying the supernatural.

Prior to pursuing a career as a paranormal investigator, Bruni worked as a project manager for a health insurance company in California. "I led a very normal life...  It was a normal job, with benefits and everything." In her free time, Bruni started a podcast in 2007 detailing her interest and experiences with the supernatural, which caught the attention of Ghost Hunters investigators Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson. The two contacted Bruni via Myspace and asked her to accompany them on an investigation in California, after which she joined the series as a team member.{{cite web|url=https://downtownwilkesbarre.org/do/amy-bruni-walking-with-ghosts|work=Downtown Wilkes-Barre|title=Amy Bruni: Walking With Ghosts|date=October 29, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250320041726/https://downtownwilkesbarre.org/do/amy-bruni-walking-with-ghosts|archive-date=March 20, 2025}} Her work on Ghost Hunters led her to relocate to the show's base in Rhode Island, where she settled in Portsmouth. Bruni worked on the series for over one hundred episodes.{{cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/ghost-hunters-amy-bruni-on-gho|work=Glamour|title=Ghost Hunters' Amy Bruni on Ghost-Hunting Pregnant, New Motherhood, and What to Do if You Have a Paranormal Visitor|date=June 12, 2013|last=Angelo|first=Megan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127124359/https://www.glamour.com/story/ghost-hunters-amy-bruni-on-gho|archive-date=November 27, 2022|url-status=live}} In 2014, Bruni left Ghost Hunters after completing the series' seventh season in order to spend more time with her daughter, who was then a toddler.

Beginning in 2016, Bruni has worked as a paranormal investigator with Adam Berry on the Travel Channel series Kindred Spirits.{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/amy-bruni-adam-berry-kindred-spirits-ghost-bread-181423261.html|work=Yahoo!|title='Kindred Spirits' ghost hunters Amy Bruni and Adam Berry dish on haunted restaurants and the show's most famous Easter egg, 'ghost bread'|last=Tremaine|first=Julie|date=October 28, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205093958/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/amy-bruni-adam-berry-kindred-spirits-ghost-bread-181423261.html|archive-date=December 5, 2022}} As of 2023, the series, which also features occasional appearances from psychic Chip Coffey, had completed seven seasons.{{cite web|title=TV Talk exclusive: 'Kindred Spirits' paranormal team Amy Bruni, Chip Coffey and Adam Berry on living life with no regrets|date=January 17, 2023|url=https://www.idahopress.com/community/community_columns/tv-talk-exclusive-kindred-spirits-paranormal-team-amy-bruni-chip-coffey-and-adam-berry-on/article_adf9f902-9686-11ed-bc48-a3cfe17ca599.html|last=Neale|first=April|work=The Idaho Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303231218/https://www.idahopress.com/community/community_columns/tv-talk-exclusive-kindred-spirits-paranormal-team-amy-bruni-chip-coffey-and-adam-berry-on/article_adf9f902-9686-11ed-bc48-a3cfe17ca599.html|archive-date=March 3, 2023}}

In 2020, she published the book Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/books/review/amy-bruni-life-with-the-afterlife-13-truths-i-learned-about-ghosts.html|work=The New York Times|date=October 26, 2020|title=Some Advice About Ghosts and Ghosting, From a Paranormal Investigator|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210331150112/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/books/review/amy-bruni-life-with-the-afterlife-13-truths-i-learned-about-ghosts.html|archive-date=March 31, 2021|last=Davis|first=Allison P.}} which was a USA Today bestseller.

While filming an episode of Ghost Hunters in Rhode Island, Bruni met her partner, Jimmy. In 2012, she gave birth to their daughter, Charlotte.{{cite web|url=https://time.com/3319160/toddler-basset-hound-dancing-video/|work=Time|title=Just a Toddler and a Basset Hound Having a Spirited Outdoor Dance Party|last=Grossman|first=Samantha|date=September 10, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219165215/https://time.com/3319160/toddler-basset-hound-dancing-video/|archive-date=December 19, 2023}} As of 2024, Bruni resided on Rhode Island's Aquidneck Island.{{cite web|last=McHugh|first=Andrea E.|url=https://www.rimonthly.com/supernatural-superstar-amy-bruni/|date=October 17, 2024|title=The Two Sides of Supernatural Star Amy Bruni|url-status=live|work=Rhode Island Monthly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250103013138/https://www.rimonthly.com/supernatural-superstar-amy-bruni/|archive-date=January 3, 2025}}

• Ghost Hunters (2007–2011)
• Kindred Spirits (2016–present)

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