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Conference Schedule

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Schedule of Events for
the Haunted Galena Conference

All Conference events will be held at the DeSoto House Hotel unless otherwise noted.

After Hours Events are optional and subject to additional registration and extra cost.


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Presentation times are subject to change.

Friday, April 4, 2025

4:00 PM: Registration and vendor rooms open at the DeSoto House Hotel

6:30 PM: Vendor Rooms Closed for the Night

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM:  Welcome Party in the Ballroom.  Music performed by Wendy Lynn Markus.
5:30 PM: Welcome and Opening of the Haunted Galena Conference - Robyn Davis and Ted Williams
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Panel Discussion: Hosted by Scott Markus

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Ghost Stories Open Mic 

Friday, April 4, 2025  After Hours Events

Registration required except for the Free Welcome Mixer, Panel Discussion and Ghost Story Open Mic

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM: Make Your Own Pendulum Board with Kari Bergen

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM: Seeing Beyond - A Lesson in Mirror Scrying with Kat Armstrong

10:00 PM - 2:00 AM:  Galena Cellars Winery Investigation
10:00 PM - 2:00 AM: DeSoto House Hotel Investigation

Saturday, April 5th, 2025

There will be a 15 minute break between all general sessions

9:00 AM: Vendor Rooms open at the DeSoto House Hotel
8:30 AM -9:30 AM: The Hauntings of Bench Street
- Robyn Davis and Ted Williams
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM: Messages From the Dead - Kari Bergen       
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: The Frightful Folklore of North America: How Fear Found a New Home = Mike Bass

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM: Lunch Break


1:15 PM - 2:15 PM: The Devil's Carnival - Troy Taylor
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Twenty Five Years of Telling Ghost Stories - Scott Marcus
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM:  The Most Haunted Places in the Midwest- Chad Lewis
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM:  Haunted Galena Quartermania!  Your chance to WIN GREAT PRIZES!!!!   

Saturday, April 5th, 2025 After Hours Events

Registration required for After Hours Events

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Spirit Communication and Shamanic Travel - Chris McBrien  
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM: Murder and Mayhem in a Mining Town
 

10:00 PM - 2:00 AM: Galena Cellars Winery Investigation

10:00 PM - 2:00 AM: DeSoto House Hotel Investigation

Sunday, April 6th, 2025 After Hours Events

Registration required for After Hours Events

11:00 AM  - 1:00 PM: Dowling House Brunch and Historic Haunted Tour with Ted and Robyn

See you at the
Haunted Galena Conference 2025

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The Haunted Galena Tour Company

304 South Main Street

Galena, Illinois

815-990-7203

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