Bud Steed is an author, researcher, paranormal investigator and explorer of strange and lost legends; if it's strange, weird or kind of scary, he's probably interested in it. So far he has written and published six books: Haunted Natchez Trace, Haunted Mississippi Gulf Coast, Haunted Baton Rouge, Haunted Northwest Arkansas, Ozarks Ghosts and Hauntings and a book on treasure legends called Lost Treasures of the Ozarks.