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Tickets on Sale NOW! Click Here to Register! Return to the Haunted America Conference Page to Get Signed up! Lodging for the Event! Special Rates for Attendees! Decatur Hotel & Conference Center 4191 U.S. 36 Decatur, Illinois 62522 Rooms blocked now and you can tell them you are attending the Haunted America Conference for the Discount Rate! Info in Confirmation! The 2011 Haunted America Conference will be held at: Lincoln Theater 241 N. Main Street Decatur, Illinois
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America's Original Ghost Conference (Often Imitated, Never
Equaled) is back for our 16th year and will be held over the
weekend of June 22-23, 2012 at the haunted Lincoln Theater in
Decatur, Illinois. Join us as we return to the conference (you
axed for it!) to this spook-infested
location and discover nationally-known speakers on ghosts,
hauntings, monsters and the supernatural. The event will include lectures
and presentations on hauntings, our new "American Monster
panel", haunted tours, ghost hunts, workshops, after-hours
events and much more! Join us in Decatur and
explore this historic and haunted region with our many weekend
events, including your chance to hear lectures and workshops on
ghosts and ghost hunting; listen to
presentations on paranormal phenomena and
investigating the unknown; take part in discussions and questions & answer periods;
visit haunted locations; take part in haunted
workshops; experience ghost tours, late-night
investigations, and much more!
This is our 16th year for the Haunted America Conference and a return to our most haunted venue, the Lincoln Theater! As with our other events, guests will be able to gather research on ghosts and hauntings that they won't get anywhere else; meet other ghost hunters from all over America; and visit Decatur -- a place that teems with both history and hauntings! Don't miss this amazing event! Tickets on Sale Now -- Click Here to Register for the Event! |
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 2012 Conference Shirts Available to Pre-order! Reserve Yours when you Register! Only limited number available at event! |
 Contact Us! Have Questions about the Event? Take a look through the website or Click on the Telephone above to Email Us! See Schedule of Events, Tours, Ghost Hunts & More about the 2012 Speakers Below! |
 Want to be a Vendor at the 2012 Haunted America Conference? Limited Booth Spaces at the Lincoln Theater available for the event! Sold on a first come / first served basis! Click Here to Order Booth Space! |
 Speakers for the Event will Include: Troy Taylor; Rene Kruse; April Slaughter; Beth Cooper; Curt Strutz; Len Adams & Deona Keiil Sayed American Monster Panel Members: Rosemary Ellen Guiley; Eric Altman; Stan Courtney & Troy Taylor Workshop & After Hours Presenters: Dale Kaczmarek; Tiffany Smith Johnson & Ken Melvoin-Berg Tickets on Sale Now -- Click Here to Register for the Event! |
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 Conference host Troy Taylor is an occultist, crime buff, supernatural historian and author of more than 80 books on ghosts, hauntings, crime and the unexplained in America. He is also the founder of the American Ghost Society and the owner of the American Hauntings Tours. Along with writing and creating and sponsoring ghost tours and ghost hunts, Troy has been a regular speaker for many past events, but now limits himself to rare speaking events and the Haunted America Conference. Rene Kruse is an author, ghost hunt coordinator and a long-time rep for the American Ghost Society. She hold a PhD from Texas A&M and is a professor of Applied Engineering and Technology at California University of Pennsylvania. She has been involved in paranormal research since the middle 1970s. At the 2012 Conference, Troy & Rene will be presenting on A Pale Horse was Death, a sequel to their book about American Disasters and Hauntings, And Hell Followed With It. |
 April Slaughter is the author of the popular traveler’s series book Ghost Hunting Texas. She has been a long-time paranormal journalist, publishing articles on all types of paranormal subjects including Demonology, Psychic Phenomena, UFOs/Skinwalkers, Faeries, Hauntings, among many others. She is one of only a small number of people to own and operate devices known as Frank’s Boxes, and is a leading researcher of EVP-ITC phenomena. April is a returning favorite to the conference this year will be presenting Reaching Beyond the Veil, new information about her continuing research with Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC) as well as introducing material on Induced After Death Communication (IADC). |
 Deonna Kelli Sayed is a coffee drinking, ghost hunting American Muslim of global proportions. She has lived and traveled throughout the Muslim world and has conducted research on everything from ghosts to global culture. She is currently the editor of Ghostvillage.com and the author of Paranormal Obsession and So You Want To Hunt Ghosts? At the 2012 event, Deona will be presenting on Embracing the Obsession, which unveils the unique relationship between pop culture and paranormal investigation. She looks at the impact of paranormal reality TV on American society and within the paranormal community. |
 Beth Meyer is an author, public speaker, radio host and historian. Since 2003 she has operated Paranormal Adventures USA, a tourism business that features ghost and history tours as well as other events involving the paranormal. She is author of two books, Ghosts of Kansas which features authentic haunted locations in the northeast part of the state, and Wichita Haunts, featuring stories from the Wichita, Kansas ghost tours. She also enjoys Feng Shui, space clearing and crystals. Beth has a background in print, broadcast and online media, and is co-host of Paranormal Adventure Radio. At the 2012 conference, Beth will present Bringing Home the Ghost, which explores the connection between the problems of "hoarders" and people who live in haunted houses and how negative energies can impact our lives and be cleared away. |
 Curt Strutz has been interested in the paranormal as far back as the sixth grade. His enjoyment of the subject, love of history, and passion for old structures has led him spend a lot of his free time entering, exploring, and experiencing some of the country's most haunted locations. He tours the country presenting both "how to" paranormal technique seminars, as well as his popular "Visiting the Beyond" presentation. Residing in Wisconsin, Curt is also a co-producer and cast member for TV's "Paranormal Generation," a scientific based paranormal cable television show that is currently being broadcast on over 20 TV stations across the country. At the 2012 event, Curt will be presenting Visiting the Beyond, an interactive journey through some of the nation’s most haunted locations, including abandoned hospitals, haunted battlefields, deserted asylums, historic locations, and known haunted residences around the United States - A great presentation for those into history, or those looking for unique places to travel to experience the paranormal! |
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 Our 16th Annual Event returns to the Lincoln Theater! |
Len Adams is the vice-president of the American Ghost Society, an author and lead tour guide in Alton and Lebanon for the Illinois Hauntings Tour Co. He has been actively investigating the paranormal for many years and handles AGS investigations for much of downstate Illinois. He has appeared in number of articles about ghosts and hauntings for magazines and newspapers and has been interviewed numerous times for radio and television broadcasts. He has also worked a a public speaker for private and public groups in the St. Louis area. Born in St. Louis and raised around haunted houses in southwestern Illinois, Len was well-suited to take over from "Strange Stuff" creator John Brill when John's health no longer allowed him to continue with the unique, interactive event that always kicks off the conference. Now called Son of Strange Stuff, Len returns for another year in 2012! |  |
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Friday, June 22: 5:00 PM: Doors open at Lincoln Theater Meet & Greet with Authors and Speakers / Shop Vendor's Tables 6:00 PM: Welcome to 2012 event with Host Troy Taylor 6:30 - 7:00 PM: Len Adams (Son of Strange Stuff) Break 7:15 - 8:45: Haunted America Monster Panel After Hours Events: 9:00 PM: Group Psychic Session with Tiffany Johnson 9:00 PM: Paranormal Workshop with Dale Kaczmarek 9:30 PM: Wicked Decatur Tour with Troy Taylor 10:30 PM: Ghost Hunt at the Lincoln Theater 10:30 PM: Ghost Hunt at the Avon Theater  |
Saturday, June
23: 8:00 AM: Doors open at the Lincoln Theater 8:45: Second Day Welcome Session with Host Troy Taylor 9:00 - 10:30 AM: Curt Strutz (Visiting the Beyond) Break 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Beth Cooper (Bringing Home the Ghost: Hoarding, Space Clearing & the Paranormal) 12:30 - 1:30 PM: Lunch Break 1:30 PM: Door Prizes Drawing 2:00 - 3:30 PM: Troy Taylor & Rene Kruse (A Pale Horse was Death: More American Horrors & Hauntings) Break 3:45 - 5:00: Deonna Kelli Sayed (Embracing the Obsession) 5:00 - 6:30 PM: April Slaughter (Reaching Beyond the Veil) After Hours Events: 7:30 PM: Haunted Decatur Tour 10:30 PM: Ghost Hunt at the Lincoln Theater 10:30 PM: Ghost Hunt at the Avon Theater |
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Note: The American Ghost Society & Troy Taylor
reserve the right to refuse admission to anyone.
These are private events for registered
attendees only and proper conduct is required.
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© Copyright 2012 by Troy Taylor. All Rights Reserved |
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