Auerbach helped start a parapsychology club at his high school[2][3] and did an informal internship with a parapsychologist who lived close to him in Westchester County, NY before moving to California.
[3] According to Auerbach, ghosts fall under three categories: poltergeists, which he has explained as the energy of a living person causing things to move, apparitions, which are believed to be the spirits of the deceased, and hauntings, which he has described as psychic imprints on the environment.
Auerbach has expressed irritation that more money has been spent for psychics than serious parapsychological research, such as extrasensory perception, telekinesis, and the mind surviving physical death.
However, skeptic Joe Nickell, a senior fellow at the Center for Inquiry, has found natural phenomena to explain all the evidence ghost hunters have provided him on various devises used in their investigations.
[6] Kenny Biddle, the Chief Investigator at the Center for Inquiry, has pointed out that certificates or diplomas in the paranormal field are dubious since most such programs are not accredited.
His many national television appearances spanning decades include the Netflix series Surviving Death, The UnXplained, Ghost Adventures, Sightings, In Search of..., Unsolved Mysteries as well as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, The View, The Today Show, Late Night with David Letterman, and ESPN's SportsCenter.
Auerbach has written several books on paranormal subjects including parapsychology, psychic abilities, ghost hunting and out-of-body experiences and is also the co-author of the Rayne Day Investigation novels.