Chicago Ghost Conference III
S E P T E M B E R  30 - O C T O B E R  1, 2011


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PortageTheater


f   e   a   t   u   r   i   n   g :
Christopher Fleming
 Dave Schrader, Jeff Belanger
Jeff Mudgett, Linda Godfrey, Joshua Warren
George Hawrylenko & Willy Adkins
 Michael Kleen, Scott Markus



a n d    p  r  e  s  e  n  t  i  n  g :
 "30 Odd Minutes" Live Onstage!


 G  A  T  H  E  R  I  N  G :

DARKNESS EVENTS /GHOSTVILLAGE / L.E.M.U.R.

BILL CHAPPELL / CHICAGO HAUNTINGS / NAPERVILLE GHOSTS

 ILLINOIS GHOST HUNTERS / CHICAGO PARANORMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

LEGENDS & LORE OF ILLINOIS / THE VEIL PASSENGER  

 TNT PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS / AFTERLIFE PARANORMAL  / SPOOKSHOW ENTERTAINMENT 

CHICAGO PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS /CONFIDENTIAL PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS 

GHOSTLAND / CHICAGO PARANORMAL RESEARCH SOCIETY  

CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY GRAD PSYCH PARAPSYCHOLOGY TEAM

BACHELORS GROVE FORUMS / SLIM PICTURES / WISCONSIN PARARNORMAL INVESTIGATORS 

 THE URBAN LEGEND DETECTIVE / MUFON ILLINOIS 

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REAPER MADNESS!
 

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"The dead say nothing
And the dead know much
And the dead hold
Under their tongues
A locked-up story."

-Carl Sandburg

One of the city's most beloved poets, Carl Sandburg, knew a thing or two about being haunted. Each October, we attempt to unlock the "locked up stories" of the spirits of Chicago--and beyond--at the Midwest's premier ghost hunting event of the season.  The first Chicago Ghost Conference went down in history as the first ghosthunters' convention ever held in the city of Chicago. For the first time, field investigators, authors, historians, folklorists, artists, sensitives, and enthusiasts from every walk of life came together in one of the world's most haunted cities for a weekend of learning, discovery, and--of course--ghosthunting.  The 2011 conference promises to be even bigger and even better.  All are welcome, whether you have merely a ghost of an interest in the paranormal, are looking to celebrate Halloween in a unique way, or whether you're a seasoned ghosthunter actively engaged in the science of paranormal investigation.  Registration is now open! Our 2011 Conference headquarters will be the historic and storied Portage Theater on Chicago's Northwest side, just minutes from O'Hare airport and some of Chicago's greatest paranormal locations, including Robinson Woods and the former site of the John Wayne Gacy home. Be sure to join our mailing list for early registration notice and to receive a special discount during early registration.  Special evening events on Friday will sell out early, including a special ghosthunters' tour of Chicago and other supernatural events you won't want to miss!

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Tickets to the Chicago Ghost Conference are just $45 per person and include admission to the Friday evening reception featuring Neil Tobin of Supernatural Chicago and Jeff Belanger's "30 Odd Minutes Live!" (Cash bar),  all Saturday speakers, Chris Fleming's headlining appearance, and admission to the After-party Saturday night at the conference hotel (cash bar), plus a door prize ticket. Please note that admission at the door will be available only if there is room.  Do not wait to purchase tickets! Only 300 tickets will be sold to avoid crowding in the lobby vending area, and our last conference almost sold out.  Door admission will be CASH ONLY.  Dinner tickets for Saturday night will be available for $10 at the door.

t o   r e g i s t e r ,   c l i c k   h e r e !

OR CONTACT THE CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON, Ursula Bielski, at info@hauntingchicago.com

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If you are coming from outside the Chicago area and need overnight accomodations, The Comfort Inn & Suites O'Hare has kindly held a block of rooms for Chicago Ghost Conference attendees.  Please book under the name "Ghost Conference" to get the incredible rate of just $84.00 per night. The phone number is 847-233-9000. The Comfort Inn and Suites O'Hare is located at 4200 N. River Rd., Schiller Park, IL 60176.  
Do not wait to book your room;  the price is unbeatable for Chicago, and these rooms will not last!!

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Christopher Fleming

As early as he can remember (4-5 years old), Chris Fleming was prone to experiencing extraordinary encounters in the form of ghosts and unexplained phenomena.   Over time It wasn't just ghosts that Chris saw but also other entities that he is still trying to comprehend today. While seeing angels, lights, and feeling divine presences on a few remarkable and life saving personal occasions. Chris at a young age began to see and feel that the world as we know it is really beyond our current understanding and knowledge in study or science. There is so much more that we cant see or feel. From using reel to reel players at age 7 to flashlights and and light bulb experiments Chris like a childhood "medium" would try and contact the spirits of the house to give him signs and respond through various means.

It wasn't just Ghosts that plagued him but also the understanding and dealings with dreams that came true, conscious premonitions, high intuitions and empathetic feelings towards animals and people. It became overbearing and emotional for a child to see what was really going on in peoples hearts and minds as well as futures. From saving his sisters life from a dream of her drowning and preventing it when it happened to seeing relationships unfold before they occurred. Whatever the case it affected his life as well as others and still does to this day.

Chris was Born in 1967, the son of Patricia Fleming and Blackhawks Hockey star Reggie Fleming. Though he traveled extensively with his parents and sister during his father's active years, Chris spent the majority of his childhood in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. He attended Beloit College, located on the Wisconsin/Illinois border, where he majored in fine arts with a minor in psychology and also in music. Following his graduation from college, Chris worked as a graphic designer for a major newspaper and for the number one direct mail company in the U.S.

After years of listening to other people talk about their own amazing experiences, Chris chose to use his design experience to document these stories in his publication called Unknown Magazine: Real Experiences of Unusual Phenomena, which ran from spring of 1997 to early 2001. As publisher, art director, and editor, Chris set out to create a magazine forum that allowed people across the globe to share their first-hand encounters in one packaged medium. Since the creation of Unknown Magazine, Chris has met countless people from all walks of life that have allowed him to be privy to some incredible and rarely-discussed information about the world around us, both seen and unseen.
Chris eventually decided to focus his efforts on a medium more powerful than print: the Internet. He took Unknown Magazine out of publication and focused his efforts on UnknownMagazine.com, where he felt he was able to reach more people by having a forum that they could easily access to share and discuss their experiences, questions, and findings.

For the past decade Chris has gone out on the road to meet people face to face. He works today as a professional speaker lecturing on his personal experiences to colleges across the country and appearing on numerous radio and TV talk shows all around the world, discussing ghosts and supernatural activity. For three years, Chris was the co-host of the popular TV show Dead Famous, where he joined his co-host Gail Porter in searching for celebrity ghosts across the United States, not only at grave sites, but also in some of the most reportedly haunted locations in the U.S. The show was and still is broadcast in over fifteen countries, including the Bravo network in Canada, Living TV in the UK, and The Biography Channel in the U.S. With three seasons of 26 episodes, two "Return" specials and three live episodes, Chris has captured thousands of EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena), unexplainable photos, and video footage that he believes can prove the existence of ghosts.

After Dead Famous, Chris made a guest appearance on Sci-Fi's Ghost Hunters during the "Manson Murders" episode that sparked a lot of controversy with the introduction of the K-II and Chris's method of communicating with the present intelligent energy. But when the dust settled and it was taken more seriously it became a pivotal point and a paradigm shift in the way investigating is done with EMF devices and electronic equipment. Allowing the ghost or spirit energy present to affect and manipulate the device as a form of morse code communication with YES or NO light up responses to direct temperature drops on the devices degree readings. The fact remains that responses are occurring and with startling results such as EVPs, photos, videos, and personal experiences have been documented to go along with the responses. This new form of communication called "The Direct Response Method" has opened up doors for engineers, scientists, and laymen to create the next generation of devices to allow this intelligent form of energy to communicate and respond through.

For over a year Chris has been putting together a non profit organization called "Paratrac" that will be launching soon to showcase and join engineers, scientists, paranormal investigators, and enthusiasts the opportunity to share and discuss their findings, research, and tools and devices that are being used to communicate with the afterlife. Stay tuned at www.paratracglobal.org.

Chris continues to collaborate with various ghost hunters and paranormal investigators, studying the unknown and researching new forms of communications with the other side. Whenever able, Chris lends his ear and gives peace of mind to those who have had their own traumatic paranormal experiences. Whether through compassionate discussions or sensitive and awareness readings, Chris does his best to assist the individual in question in understanding his or her current situation or purpose of why he or she is here.


Jeff Belanger
Legend Tripping

"Tales telling of marvels, wonders, or mysterious phenomena have excited human curiosity and inspired travel for centuries. What distinguishes legend tripping from other sorts of tourism is that legend trips typically warn of dangers. Legend trippers violate the tabooed site for the specific purpose of flirting with that danger. The legend trip is a specific ritual, and as such takes place in ritual time and ritual space. This creates a sort of mentally separate sphere in which the legend trip occurs, and allows the legend trippers to flirt with the dangers while minimizing their psychic effects." (Wikipedia)  If you haven't legend tripped with Jeff Belanger, you may as well have stayed home.   The author of  Picture Yourself Legend Tripping has been writing for publication since 1992. He's written for newspapers, magazines, television, the Web, and has authored numerous books on the paranormal, including The World's Most Haunted Places, Communicating with th  Dead, The Encyclopedia of Haunted Places, The Ghost Files and Weird Massachussetts.  Jeff's books have been published in six different languages (so far). He's also the founder of GhostVillage.com -- the Web's largest and most popular supernatural community according to Google.com and Alexa.com. He's lectured around the United States to audiences big and small, and he's become a recognized media personality -- appearing on over 100 radio and television programs worldwide including: The History Channel, The Travel Channel, Living TV (UK), The Maury Show, The CBS News Early Show, National Public Radio, The BBC, Australian Radio Network, Coast to Coast AM, and The 'X' Zone.  He has been interviewed by Reader's Digest, The Sun, Reuters, CNET, Forbes.com, USA Today, Newsday, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Spirit (the in-flight magazine for Southwest Airlines), Metrowest Daily News, Danbury News-Times, Poughkeepsie Journal, The Augusta Chronicle, York Daily Record, The Providence Journal, Haunted Times Magazine, and Ghost! Magazine. Belanger's books have even made it to pop-culture. In the Halloween 2006 episode his Encyclopedia of Haunted Places  was shown to be a favored volume on the bookshelf of one of E! Network's Girls Next Door! (www.ghostvillage.com)  Jeff is the location scout and writer for the Travel Channel's most popular show, Ghost Adventures. 

                           
Dave Schrader
Ghosts, Angels & Otherworldly Visitations
Originally from Illinois, Dave Schrader has been a resident of Minnesota since 1988 when he attended Winona State College and fell in love with the beauty and people of the great state. With the growing interest in the world of the paranormal and supernatural on TV, the movies and literature building each day, Dave brought his unique views and experiences to the radio. He is the host of the very successful weekend paranormal radio show, Darkness on the Edge of Town, a.ka. DarknessRadio. His show is heard every Saturday and Sunday night from 9pm-Midnight cst on the #1 rated talk radio station in Minnesota and they stream the show to a worldwide audience from their website www.KTLKFM.com.  Dave has become one of the most sought after speakers in the paranormal field. Blending insightful tips and a warm sense of humor has led to him being billed along side paranormal heavyweights, T.A.P.S. founders Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, Patrick Burns & John Oliver from TV's Haunting Evidence, the cast of Paranormal State, Chris Fleming of TV's Dead Famous, Professor Loyd Auerbach, Dr. Barry Taff and more. Dave has had an active interest in the paranormal since early in his childhood when he was visited by the spirit of his deceased grandmother, witnessed a Bigfoot sighting and a few years ago encountered UFO and possible alien activity over the skies of Trout Lake, Washington. Continued activity and experiences have kept this passion alive. He has been a contributing writer to TAPS Para-magazine and now shares his humor, intelligence and passion in the paranormal every week to a global audience, entertaining, enlightening and educating listeners everywhere.
Dave has appeared on numerous radio shows, newspaper and magazine articles and was featured on the episode, "First Contact" on A&E's Paranormal State season 2 as well as appearing on episodes of the Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures, before being appointed Chief Judge on the new hit series Paranormal Challenge.  

                           
Jeff Mudgett
Bloodstains

Ten years ago, Jeff Mudgett was an ordinary man, living an ordinary life. Satisfied, he was as happy as could be expected, considering his belief system was limited to only those things proven by science. And nothing more. Things like ghosts, spirits, even God himself didn't qualify. After all, there was no evidence to support them. The paranormal- forget it! Those that tried to convince him otherwise were simply misinterpreting natural phenomena, at least as far as Jeff was concerned.  Well that all came crashing down one warm blue sky Chicago day. Southwest of downtown, at a place all of you have heard of and many have seen driving past, lies the ruins of the Murder Castle, now the foundation of the Post Office at Englewood. For on that day, the paranormal and the unproven came to life. Jeff will join us to share tales of his actual exploration of this evil place, where his awakening occurred, as well as about his Great Great Grandfather, Herman Webster Mudgett, aka, H.H. Holmes, the Torture Doctor, America's first serial killer, probably the most horrible man who ever lived, as well as the present custodian of the basement at 63rd and Wallace- without a doubt, the ultimate paranormal location in the entire world. Oh, and one more thing- Jeff's going to prove to you H.H. Holmes was also Jack the Ripper.

                                                 

Joshua P. Warren

Creating "the Apparition"

Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Joshua P. Warren has lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains his entire life. At the age of 13, he saw his first book published.. Since then, he has had eight more books published, including the regional best-seller, Haunted Asheville, and How to Hunt Ghosts. His articles have been published internationally, and he has been covered by such mainstream media as CNN, Fox News, Southern Living, Delta Sky, FATE, New Woman, The New York Times, FHM and Something About the Author; and made the cover of the science journal, Electric Space Craft. A winner of the University of North Carolina Thomas Wolfe Award for Fiction, he wrote columns for the Asheville Citizen-Times from 1992 to 1995.

Warren was hired by the famous Grove Park Inn Resort to be the first person to officially investigate the Pink Lady apparition in 1995 (the same year he founded L.E.M.U.R. paranormal investigations, of which he is president). His work has been praised by the Rhine Research Center, The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching and numerous scholars.Joshua P. Warren is world-renowned for his innovations in the paranormal field. He's the author of 13 books, including the influential How to Hunt Ghosts.  Founder and President of L.E.M.U.R., he's the owner of a lab and museum in Asheville, North Carolina.  Warren earned the cover of the science journal, Electric Space Craft, in 2004, for his groundbreaking work on ghostly plasmas found in nature. A correspondent for Coast to Coast AM and host of Speaking of Strange,
he has appeared on the National Geographic Channel, History Channel, Discovery Channel, SyFy, TLC, Animal Planet and more. Warren was hired
as a Technical Consultant and Behind-the-Scenes Associate Producer for Warner Brothers' new motion picture, The Apparition. The film is about
a lab experiment to create a phantom. In his presentation, Warren will reveal new details on the latest scientific efforts to actually
achieve this, and share stunning images and insights regarding what apparitions are and how we physically experience them. For more information, visit
www.JoshuaPWarren.com.

Linda Godfrey
Hunting the American Werewolf

Linda Godfrey is an author and researcher of the strange and uncanny, and is especially well known as an authority on the upright canine known in Wisconsin as the Beast of Bray Road, in Michigan as the Dog Man, in other places as Skinwalker, Werewolf or a dozen other names. She appeared in, co-wrote and co-produced the History Channel's Monsterquest episode, "American Werewolf," based on her book Hunting the American Werewolf and also appeared in the show's season 4 finale.

Linda has canvassed Wisconsin and Michigan looking for the strange and offbeat, from outsider artists and giant roadside statues to local cemetery lore, eccentric people and history, to ghost stories and unidentified creatures and UFOs. She put over 5,000 miles on her "weirdmobile" and found enough strangeness to fill both Weird Michigan and Weird Wisconsin for Barnes & Noble in 2006, and the sequels, Strange Michigan and Strange Wisconsin for Trails Books.  Linda is a former award-winning newspaper reporter and art teacher and provides many illustrations for her own books.  She has appeared on many national TV and radio shows such as Inside Edition, Discovery Kids, Travel Channel, Sci-Fi Channel's New In Search Of, Coast to Coast AM radio, and many more, and is author of a dozen books to date.   She lives with her husband and youngest son in a lake neighborhood surrounded by possible creature-harboring woods.

Michael Kleen
The Legends & Lore of Illinois
Michael Kleen is a freelance columnist and the author of Haunting the Prairie, Paranormal Illinois, Tales of Coles County, Illinois, and One Voice, among other works. Kleen is also author and publisher of the Legends and Lore of Illinois, a monthly newsletter highlighting infamous places in Illinois through a unique blend of research and storytelling. In addition, he regularly writes articles for KILTER, the journal of Gothic Art Chicago.  Michael has spoken about local history and folklore at conventions, libraries, cafes, schools, and colleges and has presented research papers at the 2007 and 2010 Conference on Illinois History in Springfield. He has also been a guest on several Internet radio shows, “The Mothership Connection” on AM-1050 WLIP, and is a regular guest on the Chicago-based radio program “Thresholds into Other Realms.” Michael is Editor-in-Chief of Untimely Meditations: a Journal of Free Thought and Social Critique, former publisher of Black Oak Presents, a quarterly journal of Middle American art and culture, and the proprietor of Black Oak Press and Black Oak Media.  Michael holds a M.A. in History from Eastern Illinois University and a M.S. in Education from Western Illinois University.   You can find much more about Michael's latest doings on his very active website, MichaelKleen.com

Scott Markus
The House on Rainbow Road
The area surrounding Cuba Road, a desolate highway north of Chicago, has long been known as one of the most haunted places in Illinois.   Just off of Cuba Road is Rainbow Road, which hosted one of the region's most haunted houses until it was burned down in recent years as part of a firefighting training exercise.  .The "House on Rainbow Road" was a massive three story mansion, reportedly owned by the Chciago Mafia and used by various gangsters to lay low during the '30s.  Later, thehouse was abandoned, becoming the site of satanic ritual and, not surprisingly, extremely haunted.  Scott Markus has tirelessly researched the House on Rainbow Road for years, publishing his initial research in Voices from the Chicago Grave and continuing his investigation on his SlimPictures.com forum.  He will present his intriguing and up to date research for the first time at Chicago Ghost Conference III.

A writer and filmmaker, Scott  is an Illinois native who brought his interest in creating to the world of reporting on the true ghost stories and folklore of the Chicago area. Scott moved to Los Angeles to pursue his filmmaking career, and has worked on a wide variety of popular projects, including Lost, Flight 29 Down, The Dark Knight, Stranger than Fiction, Burlesque, and a feature film, . . . And Introducing Brian, which he also wrote and directed.  Scott also frequently works with musical talent and has participated in numerous music videos, including Ok Go's extraordinary video for "This Too Shall Pass."  Despite film work taking him across the country, Markus's interest in ghostlore has only grown, and he's used the opportunity to learn about more folklore, from the “Night Marchers” of Hawaii to Hollywood’s celebrity ghosts. Markus currently resides in Los Angeles and maintains the popular hub for discussion on all things ghostly, SlimPictures.com. He is the author of Voices from the Chicago Grave and, a staunch fan of stand-up comedy, is working on a book chronicling the lives and careers of some of America's finest comics.  In his spare time, Scott also produced and co-hosted “The Mothership Connection,” a radio show broadcast on AM-1050 WLIP in Chicago & Milwaukee.

Ghost Head Soup
Perception is Nine-Tenths of the Flaw

Not satisfied with the current menu of ghostly cuisine?  Need something new to tempt your advanced supernatural palate?  Do you want your next paranormal banquet to be a little more exotically seasoned than the current fare?Sorry folks, but these guys just ain’t it.  Ghost Head Soup is more like a high-speed handoff through the next drive thru lane.  They’re not pretty, and only a couple of them can even be called nice, but when it comes to challenging your current understanding of the science and spiritualism behind the ghost hunter’s craft, these guys will skim fact from fiction and leave you with an experience good enough to warm even a skeptic’s belly. Take five parts experienced field researcher and simmer over a low flame until nicely condensed.  Add equal parts of egghead and oddball.  Curmudgeon to taste.  Garnish with wisecrackers and you have yourself a basic understanding of what “The Soup” is all about.  The Soup’s next homemade offering is going to be served up at The Chicago Ghost Conference.  Entitled Perception is Nine-Tenths of the Flaw, The Soup will demonstrate how your senses (and even your equipment) can be fooled and will show you some of the most common ways in which field data can be misinterpreted.  Prior to the show, you are invited to join The Soup at their table as they will be giving one-on-one demonstrations as to why you can’t always trust what you see or feel.  And while we can promise that no animals will be harmed while this spectacle is taking place, ticket holders are pretty much fair game.  So consider yourself warned. Ghost Head Soup, the only soup Chuck Norris can’t eat with a fork.

Willy Adkins has been actively investigating the paranormal for several years. He is the founder of the Illinois Ghost Hunters, The Paranormal Research Community and Afterlife Paranormal. He has had a life long interest in the paranormal and quickly brought his investigative team to be one of the most respected and well recognized paranormal organizations in the country. When asked, however, his proudest accomplishment is being "Daddy".  Willy is also CEO of Spook Show Entertainment, and recently stared in the film "I Hunt Ghosts," which he will be screening at the Chicago Ghost Conference.  “I Hunt Ghosts” is a very real look at the field of paranormal research and investigation. Members Willy Adkins, George Hawrylenko and Mark Schwabe of the Illinois Ghost Hunters taking you on two investigations into the unknown! We visit The Historic Egyptian Theatre in Dekalb Illinois, to investigate the legend we call “Irv”, and then travel to Rockford Illinois to research The Tinker Swiss Cottage.  Nothing has been altered for ratings in this film! Its 100% real.   However, the historic locations and ghosts aren’t the only thing to drive this film, the open minded and entertaining investigators will have you laughing for hours!  

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Neil Tobin's Supernatural Chicago

In every performance of Supernatural Chicago, Neil Tobin, Necromancer, introduces theater-goers to some of Chicago’s most well documented paranormal events, brought to life through spooky stories combined with interactive demonstrations of mindreading, magic and other phenomena that involve the audience in memorable ways. It's sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic. And as one of the top Chicago attractions, it's always a great start to the weekend.  The interactive experience begins the moment audience members enter the show's venue, Excalibur nightclub. The imposing historic building that houses Excaliburone of the only to survive the Great Fire,  has been cited repeatedly by paranormal investigators  televistion documentaries as one of the most haunted locations in Chicago. Asks the Necromancer, “What better place to lift a drink, soak up some haunting stories about our city, and explore the unexplained?"  Neil will thrill us with his special blend of history, mystery and magic--Chicago style.

Scott L. Jackson
The Halloween Art Exhibit

Artist Scott Jackson started out creating logos and t-shirt designs for local print shops with a flair for the grim and ghastly. As early as 9 years old Mr. Jackson could be found in his neighborhood sporting the Dracula cape his mother made for him long after Halloween was over. Besides art & music, Creature Features and Famous Monsters magazines were major influences. Twenty plus years later, Mr. Jackson has created a multitude of covers & artwork for magazines, comics, books, games, CDs and posters. His artwork has been featured by Kiss, Pink Floyd, Megadeth, The Electric Hellfire Club and many others.  The Annual Halloween Art Exhibit had it's humble beginnings in Chicago's Flat Iron Arts Building, with nothing more than a few small paintings, a bowl of candy, and a spooky record on the phonograph. As more and more Halloween fans visited the show, Scott and the exhibit's other organizers realized that their dream of a full scale gallery style exhibit could be accomplished with dedication to quality and creativity. The Exhibit celebrates its 10th Anniversary this Fall, and the Chicago Ghost Conference is honored to host Mr. Jackson and a special preview of the Exhibit's 2009 offerings.  For more information, visit www.monstermangraphic.com  and  www.halloweenartexhibit.com

Readings by Annette

Annette co-hosts with Edward Shanahan the popular Internet radio broadcast  "The Unexplained World",  and has over 20yrs of experience doing Tarot, Past Lives and Runes Readings.  She will be available for rare public readings at this year's Chicago Ghost Conference!

Reaper Madness!

The Reaper is a walking, talking, animatronic nightmare designed specifically for your entertainment pleasure. A sincerely horrifying perennial favorite, The Reaper in his eight-and-a-half-feet of black-lit, animated hilarity has entertained the masses for LasRyds Hearse Club, Wizard Con, Flashback Weekend, World of Wheels, Svengoolie, Horror Hound, Famous Monsters, Haunted Trails Amusements, and a host of private events for 20 years!  

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V E N D O R S

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FATE MAGAZINE
THE VENERABLE PARANORMAL INSTITUTION

PARANORMAL PARAPHERNALIA
GHOST HUNTING EQUIPMENT AND MORE FOR ALL YOUR PARANORMAL ADVENTURES

HORRORBLES 
BERWYN'S WORLD-FAMOUS HOME OF AND HAVEN FOR ALL THINGS HORROR

UNIQUE GAMES & GIFTS
PARANORMAL-THEMED BOOKS AND CUSTOM CANDLES

FANTASY HEADQUARTERS
ACROSS THE STREET! ONE OF THE LARGEST COSTUME SHOPS IN THE WORLD!

the haunted treehouse 
vintage paper goods, do-dads, odds & ends, books, candy & kid stuff

. . . and much more!

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Other, non-sponsored events and attractions you may enjoy while in Chicago:

The Field Museum of Natural History
The largest natural history museum in the world is just a few blocks from the insanely haunted Congress Plaza Hotel.  Its collections include Sue, one of the world’s finest T-Rex specimens, Inside Ancient Egypt, a prime collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts and home of the so-called “Screaming Mummy,” and the famed Lions of Tsavo specimens, of Ghost and the Darkness fame. The Field’s many supernatural stories inspired the Chicago-based film, The Relic.

The Museum of Science and Industry
A fascinating and ghost-ridden collection housed in one of the only remaining structures of the 1893 Columbian Exposition.  If you loved Devil in the White City, you’ll want to visit this museum, where serial murderer H.H. Holmes picked up victims at the World’s Fair--and where his ghost is sometimes seen in the Yesterday’s Main Street exhibit.  The museum also houses the newly-restored U-505 submarine, a gorgeous vessel haunted by its erstwhile captain, Peter Zsezsch.  And the museum’s rear portico, overlooking the Jackson Park Lagoon, is the haunted home of defense attorney--and phantom--Clarence Darrow, often seen gazing across the Lagoon he loved, where his ashes were scattered at death.

Prairie Avenue
Chicago’s easy street in the days after the Great Fire, the newly-gentrifying Prairie Avenue is now home to the Glessner House Museum, which gives ghost walks of the Avenue at Halloween time, and Clarke House, Chicago’s oldest residence, which sponsors atmospheric October readings of Poe classics in a 19th century setting.

Fright Fest
Every October, Six Flags Great America turns its grounds into one of the country’s most sprawling haunted attractions.  Six Flags is located in Gurnee, about an hour north of Chicago.

Chicago-area Commercial Haunted Houses
You’ll find them all at www.hauntedhousechicago.com