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Conference Presentations
PANEL DISCUSSION
Panel Discussion hosted by Scott Markus. More information coming soon regarding topic and line up.
The panel will include many of our Saturday speakers so you can get to know them better!
THE HAUNTINGS OF BENCH STREET
Ted Williams and Robyn Davis
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Galena is filled with the quaint and historic and its charms have brought people here for decades. Take a walk down Bench Street and you will see many beautiful 19th century homes and buildings. Yet despite their charming exteriors, very few houses here escape tragedy – like the untimely death of a child or family member, usually occurring right in the house itself. These tragic events are often forgotten over the years as homes are bought and sold, but the whispers of the dead have a way of making themselves heard. Join Ted and Robyn to hear the stories of Galena's most haunted street, Bench Street
DEVIL'S CARNIVAL
Troy Taylor
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Join Troy Taylor for a trip back in time and uncover the secret history of America's Circuses and Sideshows! Take a stroll along the sawdust covered midway and see how it all began, meet the colorful characters who created the legends and lore along the way, and discover the history and hauntings of the Hartford Circus Fire -- a horrific event that claimed dozens of lives and nearly ended the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Baily Circus. The true account of that day is filled with terror, heroism, and hauntings that lingered in the wake of the disaster -- and it's not for the faint of heart.
MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD
Kari Bergen
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You don't need a medium to receive meaningful messages from ghosts and guides. Our beloved dead are all around us sending us messages from the other side via signs, symbols, and synchronicity in our everyday lives. These direct, though often subtle, messages are very common, but they can be easily missed if you don't know what to look for. Kari Bergen takes you on an exploration of the different ways that we each sense, send and receive psychic information including subtle energies, common forms of communication from spirits and how to recognize, interpret and encourage symbolic signs and messages from the dead.
THE MOST HAUNTED PLACES IN THE MIDWEST
Chad Lewis
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This presentation takes the audience on a ghostly journey to some of the most haunted locations in the Midwest. From wandering ghosts in the Northwoods and vengeful spirits roaming cursed graveyards, to haunted hotels where you can spend the night. Join Chad to explore the Midwest where no place is without is own haunted legends!
THE FRIGHTFUL FOLKLORE OF NORTH AMERICA:
HOW FEAR FOUND A HOME IN THE NEW WORLD
Mike Bass
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Around the globe, every group or nationality of people has its customs and traditions related to fear. Taking hold, one generation to the next. It resides with them making a home in the most primitive parts of their mind. But what happens when one culture's closely held traditions and customs of fear are thrown against another's? What happens when it's hundreds of cultures, what about thousands?
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In his presentaton, Mike will discuss the unique environment of fear found in North America where thousands of unique cultures not only became close neighbors, but found themselves consistently smashing into one another, colliding with each other, breaking their customs, traditions, and folklore into tiny bits only to be picked up by the generations to come and rebuilt into a uniquely North American mythos. A uniquely North American tradition of fear.
25 Years of Telling Ghost Stories
Scott Markus
Scott Markus has been telling stories for 25 years and though his adventures have taken him all over the world, his origins are right here in Illinois. Scott will share some of his favorite Illinois ghost stories, what he's learned as a storyteller and how some of these stories and locations have changed in the last quarter century.
BINGO OR GAMES OR RAFFLE OR PARTY...
OR ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!
it's anyone's guess...Our Haunted Galena Tour Company team will be adding a bit of fun to our Saturday presentations, but you will have to wait to find out!