REAL GHOST HUNTING: Photos from AMERICAN GHOST SOCIETY (AGS) 13th Annual Conference (Decatur, IL)

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PHOTOS BY GREG MYERS

ARTICLE BY LISA LEE HARP WAUGH

Saturday, June 20
8:00 AM: Doors Open for the Second Day of the Event

9:00 AM: Welcome Session for Day 2

9:15 -10:15 AM: Leslie Rule -- The Ghost in the Mirror

Leslie Rule

About Leslie Rule: Leslie Rule is the best-selling author of two suspense novels and four nonfiction books on ghosts, including When the Ghost Screams and her latest, The Ghost in the Mirror. Leslie grew up in a family of writers in a creaky old and haunted house that overlooked Puget Sound. Leslie's spooky childhood sparked a lifelong fascination with ghosts and by extension crime, since her mother is famed crime writer, Ann Rule. In addition to writing, Leslie is also a photographer and an artist. Many of her photographs of cops and killers can be seen in her mother's true crime books. Her fascination with ghosts has led her to haunted places all over the country, although she resides in the Seattle area with a number of cats and dogs.

10:15 - 10:30 AM: Break
10:30 - 11:30 AM: Craig Telesha -- Ghost Hunting Technology and Grandma's Attic

Craig Telesha

About Craig Telesha: Craig Telesha has been interested in technology and its internal working almost all his life. From an early age he has been dismantling and learning about every electronic device that crossed his path and earned a local reputation as “the guy who can fix just about anything.” In his early teens, he became interested in paranormal phenomenon after reading various books based on psycho kinetic energy and psychic awareness. While attending a paranormal conference in early 2000 and discovering a need for more technical information to be made available to the paranormal community, he combined these two interests and started the web site "Ghost Tech", with the mind set of demystifying the technology behind the devices used for paranormal investigations. Since then Telesha has been using his talents to modify everyday devices for use in paranormal investigations and even designing a few of his own. He currently holds the title as Technical Director for the Spirit Society of Pennsylvania, which is headed up by founders Kelly and John Weaver. Craig is also the author of Strange Frequencies - A Practical Guide to Paranormal Technology.

11:30 - 12:45 PM: Lunch Break
12:45 - 1:15 PM: Drawing for Door Prizes (Must be Present to Win!)

1:15 - 2:15 PM: Troy Taylor -- Sex & The Supernatural

About Troy Taylor: Troy Taylor is an occultist, supernatural historian and the author of nearly 60 books on ghosts, haunting's, history, crime and the unexplained in America. He is also the founder of the American Ghost Society and the owner of the Illinois and American Hauntings Tour companies. He is the founder of the American Ghost Society and in 1997, Taylor launched the Haunted America Conference, regarded as "America's Original Ghost Conference" in Decatur, Illinois. In addition to the tour companies and Haunted America Conference, Taylor is also the founder of Whitechapel Press, a publishing company for books about the supernatural that he started in 1993, and Dark Haven Entertainment. Along with writing about the unusual and hosting tours, Taylor is also a public speaker on the subject of ghosts and hauntings. has appeared in scores of newspaper and magazine articles about the subject and in hundreds of radio and television broadcasts about the supernatural. He has also appeared in a number of documentary films, several television series and in one feature film about the paranormal.

2:15 - 2:30 PM: Break
2:30 - 3:30 PM: Nick Redfern -- The World's Most Infamous Monster

About Nick Redfern: Nick Redfern is a British Ufologist and Cryptozoologist who now lives in Texas. He is an active advocate of official disclosure, and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defense files on UFOs dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine. Nick is the author of many books on unsolved mysteries, UFOs and cryptozoology including There's Something in the Woods; Man-Monkey; Strange Secrets; Three Men Seeking Monsters; Body Snatchers in the Desert; and Memoirs of a Monster Hunter. He writes regularly for "UFO Magazine;" "Alien Worlds;" "Paranormal;" "Fortean Times;" and "Fate."

3:30 - 3:45 PM: Break
3:45 - 4:45 PM: Bob Hunnicutt & Drew Hester -- Common Sense Ghost Hunting & Extraordinary Evidence

Bob Hunnicutt

About Bob Hunnicutt, Drew Hester & the Georgia Ghost Society: Bon Hunnicutt is a long-time rep for the American Ghost Society with more than 30 years experience with the field of paranormal investigation. Since the founding of the Georgia Ghost Society, Bob (along with Drew Hester) has investigated haunted locations throughout the state and all over the American South. He has appeared in scores of magazine and newspaper articles about ghosts and is a regular on many paranormal-related radio shows. Dubbed the "Southern Paranormal Gentleman", Bob is an excellent speaker when it comes to ghost hunting and paranormal claims. Drew Hester is also a long-time rep for the AGS and works with Bob in the Georgia Ghost Society.

4:45 - 5:00 PM: Break
5:00 - 6:00 PM: Patrick Burns -- Marvels and Mistakes of Paranormal Photography

About Patrick Burns: Patrick is best known as the paranormal investigator on TruTV's hit series "Haunting Evidence", but was no stranger to the media prior; having been featured on CNN and an Emmy award winning documentary for TBS, among numerous other appearances. He is also the founder and director of Ghost Hounds in Georgia and GhoStock, the popular annual event. Patrick is a veteran both in front of and behind the camera lens. A videographer in his own right, his "one man band" self-produced video production entitled "Haunted" has won him acclaim from his peers in the paranormal field and a nomination from Ghost Convention International for "best documentary". He resides with his wife Pamela and two sons near Atlanta, Georgia.

After Hours Events on Saturday:

7:00-8:00 PM: Spectremen -- LIVE on the Lincoln Theater Stage! (FREE Admission)

8:30 - 10:00 PM: Annual Séance with Ken Berg (General Admission, FREE; Stage Seating, Additional Cost)
Join American Ghost Society Psychic Ken Berg for an Authentic session of spirit communication, LIVE from the stage of the haunted Lincoln Theater. Get in touch with the ghosts who haunt the theater during this re-creation of a Victorian Séance that will be unlike anything you have witnessed at the theater before! See After-Hours Section Above for details on ticket prices for table seats!

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About Ken Berg: Ken is a co-owner of the Weird Chicago Tours, a professional psychic, an expert on the occult & supernatural and widely known authority on Chicago's secret places. Ken got his start with the "weird" as a child, when it was not uncommon for him to either sense the presence of ghosts or regularly predict the deaths of family members before they occurred. He has been a bouncer, a medic in the Air Force and the owner of an occult bookstore. Ken has also worked as a psychic detective with law enforcement agencies all over the country. Since 1987, he has assisted with the conviction of 17 murder suspects. At this year's conference: Ken will be hosting the After-Hours Séance on Friday night and offering psychic readings to attendees. A sign up sheet for readings will be available in the lobby during the event.

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