The First Annual Arkansas Ghost
Hunters Conference was held the weekend of March
9th, 10th, and 11th, 2007
at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas.
The Crescent Hotel is Ranked 8th out of the Top
10 Most Haunted Hotels In the United States.
The Conference started at 5.00PM with
speaker Carroll Heath. Carroll and his Business
Partner run the Eureka Springs Ghost Tours. Which
lead you through the many, many hallways
of the Crescent Hotel, and you get the History of
the building over the years. For those that don’t
remember Carroll is the Medium that TAPS aka GhostHunters
on SciFi could not debunk. On their FLIR camera
he had the Jimmy Hendrix show going on.
The next speaker was Chris Moon. A
Paranormal Investigator as well as President and
Senior Editor of Haunted Times Magazine. a very
remarkable man who's knowledge and insight is truly
amazing. He discussed his possession of Frank’s
box and the results he has been getting with it.
Then soon after he was off to Savannah, Georgia
for yet another conference.
Tim Yancey Webmaster of Amityvillehorro.com,
discussed the violent haunting's, and the Amityville
case. Tim was a close friend of George Lutz before
George passed away this past summer. We had some
technical issues that Josh from Para-Zone Radio
worked on but alas we had to cut Tim’s presentation
short. He was rescheduled for the next day. Because
of the technical problems Tim gave Everyone a copy
of some exclusive audio from George Lutz, When Tim
did get to do his presentation he shared video and
audio of his interviews and discussions with George.
I got to speak with Tim for a little bit and he
is a REAL down to earth kind of guy.
Ghostly Talk Radio was there to record
the ENTIRE convention an should have the archives
uploaded very soon.
From 8:00PM on Ghost Tours of the
Crescent Hotel were offered. And at Midnight the
Investigations kicked off both at the Crescent and
the Basin Hotel another hot spot of activity in
Eureka Springs. We did not participate in those
investigations as To Many People involved “we
actually had an investigation to do downtown of
our own with a lot less mayhem - The Whole Town
has Activity"
Saturday began with Rick Hayes kicking
off the morning from LifesGift.com, he discussed
his ability to communicate to departed loved ones,
and talked about “That Super Natural Life”
RoseMary Ellen Guiley, spoke on Shadow
People, she has done extensive research in categorizing
them. Commonality's, descriptions as well showing
photos and drawings. It actually reminded me of
some experiences of my own regarding Shadow People
that I will be contacting her about for her upcoming
book.
Next was Mr. John Zaffis, who was
the main reason I attended the Conference. John
shared his investigations on Possessions, and talked
about good and evil. If you get the chance to see
him Please do. TAPS Members Ron Millone and Brian
Harnois were not able to attend due to conflicts
of schedules.
After Dinner Keith Age from the Sci
Fi Channel's Waverly Hills Sanatorium SPOOKED spoke
and shared his experiences. We got to see some stuff
never shown before. And a highlight of the new SPOOKED2
Titled "Children of The Grave" coming
soon.
The last speaker was Troy Taylor,
he gave us the history of Paranormal investigators.
And how learning from past experiences has put us
all where we are today.
For this to be the very FIRST Conference
to be held in a region that Most people here do
not even like to discuss Paranormal or Ghosts I
was impressed at the turnout. I do not know the
head count but would estimate well over 200 people.
Very impressive indeed. NWA Ghost Connection……kudos
to you guys. Thanks to you, the Crescent Hotel and
their staff, as well as all the Sponsors and Volunteers.
You made the First Annual Ghost Hunters Conference
a Success……….now How are you going
to TOP that for the next one. LOL
And to all those we networked with,
so many people and being very bad with names, I
thank you for coming and chatting with us.