Mitch Horowitz

Mitch Horowitz (born November 23, 1965) is an American author, publisher, speaker, and television host specializing in occult and esoteric themes. A frequent writer and speaker on religion and metaphysics in print and on television, radio, and online, Horowitz’s writing has appeared in ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Time'', and CNN.com, and he has appeared on NPR, CBS News, NBC News, and Vice News. Horowitz hosts the UFO-themed Discovery/HBO Max television series, ''Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction'', which the network added to its Wednesday night line-up in June 2024. In July 2024, he joined Elijah Wood's podcast network, ''SpectreVision Radio'', and will be hosting a historical podcast, ''Extraordinary Evidence: ESP Is Real'', which explores the background and data of extrasensory perception (ESP) research. Horowitz plays himself as a historian and commentator in ''V/H/S/Beyond'', the seventh entry in the horror anthology series on Shudder, which a reviewer for RogerEbert.com described as "one of the better ''V/H/S'' anthologies of late."

Horowitz is the former editor-in-chief of TarcherPerigee and a former vice-president at Penguin Random House. His best-known works are ''Occult America'' (2009), ''The Miracle Club'' (2018), and ''Modern Occultism'' (2023). In 2022, Ferdinando Buscema noted that "Horowitz is among the most articulate and respected voices in the contemporary occulture scene." Provided by Wikipedia