Dakota Laden

Dakota Laden is the winner of the Ghost Adventures Mashup contest, which took place during the summer of 2011. Dakota and his father, Rob joined the Ghost Adventures Crew during the "Old Charleston Jail" investigation. He portrayed Caleb, Mark's (as Stockholm) brother in the NYAS episode The Lingerin' Spirit o' Dylan Thomas at the White Horse Tavern.

Prior to the Mashup contest, Dakota was known for creating "parody" Ghost Adventures episodes on YouTube, often exaggerating how the GAC reacts to evidence. Dakota plays Zak in the spoofs on his YouTube channel Shortfilmzz123 and usually repeats the phrase "and this is why we are here!", a phrase he also used during his appearance on Ghost Adventures. He also has made and is in a comedy rap group called "The Seduction Boys".