2016 Logo Shirt $15 S-XL, $20 2x, 3x
Poster Print shirt, $25 ($30 2x, 3x)
Program cover art, $15 S-XL
Tank top, $15 S-XL
Timeless Chup logo, $22 S-XL ($27, 2x and 3x)
All shirts available at our merch table, cash or card. Thanks to all our gorgeous models– Cheyenne, Kavon, David, Courtney, and Garrett!
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Our Saturday night after party is taking place Oct. 15 at the Irish Cultural & Heritage Center (2133 W. Wisconsin Ave.) at 8pm. Admission is free with Two Day Super Pass or VIP pass or $8 advance (available at the conference) or $10 at the door.
We will have performances by Dead Man’s Carnival, Quasimondo Theater, Sunspot, Tamarind Tribal Belly Dance & Gnarrenschiff, and the Subspace DJs.
There will also be a costume contest (emceed by burlesque performer Raven McCaw) with prize packs in the following categories:
*Best Use of a Paranormal Theme
*Best Costume Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
*Best Steampunk Costume
*Best Costume Inspired by a TV Show, Cartoon, or Comic Book
*Best of Show
Your panel of judges: Head Judge and quizmaster Christen Johnson, fashion designer Miranda Kay Levy, Real Life Superhero and costume designer Razorhawk, art and fashion guru Michael Weiss, Ghosts of Shepherdstown star Elizabeth Saint, and Alcoholmanac editor Angie West!
Sponsored by Alcoholmanac
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Located in the UWM Union Ballroom Lounge, just outside the vendor hall. Available for listening at the conference 10-5 Saturday, 10-4 Sunday.
Listen to 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, check out event listings and more at: www.radiomilwaukee.org
Supporting sponsors: Liquid Crescent Design, Rebel Wipes
The 88Nine Mystery Sound Booth is a chance for you to sit down at three listening stations to hear audio clips recorded by researchers in the paranormal research fields. Each station has a program that will lead you through a few clips and then you can move on to the next station.
Listening Station #1: Ghost Whisper EVPs
EVPs or “Electronic Voice Phenomenon” refer to strange ghostly whispers paranormal investigators pick up on their audio recording equipment while investigating haunted locations. We have sets of recordings passed on to us from local team Paranormal Investigators of Milwaukee (who will also be at the conference) and our friends at TnT Paranormal Investigators (with chapters in Chicago, Orlando, and other locations). What are these bone chilling whispers in the dark trying to say?
Listening Station #2: Bigfoot!
Jim Sherman was a 2015 Milwaukee Paranormal Conference guest speaker and is a Michigan field representative for the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. He has recorded some bloodcurdling howls while out on Bigfoot expeditions that he believes is the legendary Sasquatch. Listen to these odd howls and whoops and cancel your camping plans for next summer…maybe forever.
Listening Station #3: Numbers Stations
During the Cold War “Numbers Stations” proliferated. These broadcasts consisted of transmissions of people counting, strains of music, random words. Spies would know what time and frequency to tune in via shortwave radio to listen to the transmission and decode them. Some mysterious numbers station still exist! We have some recordings of transmissions here with info on them provided by the Numbers Stations Research and Information Center, a website run by researchers who catalog numbers station activity.
In addition to our sponsor 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, we want to thank our supporting sponsors Liquid Crescent Design and Rebel Wipes who helped put the booth together and the organizations mentioned that let us use their audio files. Stop by and take a listen!
Art provided by David Beyer Jr. (ghost) Tea Krulos (Bigfoot) and Margot Lange (Numbers Stations).
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Monday, October 10 is the last day you can buy VIP tickets. After that, you will cry out for more opportunities to buy them, but they will fall on deaf ears as the VIP option will be closed!
Our VIP ticket is your best available con experience. It gives you an exclusive dinner party and swag tote bag, admission to the conference and Saturday night Raven’s Ball party. It also helps support the conference and our programming and is priced at just $75. Here’s more info on what you get:
VIP Dinner Party
Takes place Friday, October 14, 6pm at the Mitchell Park Pavilion on the Lagoon. Located in Mitchell Park, the pavilion is a lovely setting for a Fall dinner party. This is the same park that the Mitchell Park Conservatory (known as The Domes) is located in. The Domes are open (well, 2 out of 3) until 5pm, if you want to show up early for a stroll through their botanical gardens.
We have a wonderful food menu for this event, a mix of southern comfort food and street style eats. Tasty hors d’oeuvres, sausage paella, street tacos, and vegan options will be available. We will have assorted beers (including a seasonal), a red and white wine option, and Great Northern Distilling Rye Whiskey and bourbon Vanguard Whiskey as an after dinner drink. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be available.
Janet Schiff
Ticket holders are seated at a table that includes at least one or more guest speakers and we will have music provided by cellist Janet Schiff (part of the acclaimed music duo Nineteen Thirteen). You might find yourself at a table with an expert on cryptozoology, a ghostlore researcher, or a leading UFO investigator.
VIP Tote Bag
The tote bag will include your pass, which gets you into both days of the conference for free, your conference program, a pass to our Saturday night Raven’s Ball, and about two dozen swag items from our vendors, sponsors, and supporters. Includes magnets, stickers, buttons, a voodoo doll keychain, water bottle, copy of Fate magazine, bookmarks, coupons and download codes and more.
Available until Monday, October 10 here: milwaukeeparacon.brownpapertickets.com
We also have 1 day ($10) 2 day ($15) and 2day Super (includes Raven’s Ball, $23) Please support us by buying a ticket today!
A classic photo of the Modjeska Theater
Sunday, UWM Ballroom West
Moderator: Allison Jornlin (Milwaukee Ghosts-Tours and Investigations) Panel: Tom Carr (Brumder Mansion), Dawn Scher-Thomae (Milwaukee Public Museum), and Jesus Enrique Nañez (Modjeska Theater)
You’ll find a lot of ghost experts at the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference, but this unique panel offers a different perspective– people who have work environments that are said to be haunted. Is the haunting an advantage or a disadvantage to business? How do you talk about it with patrons and co-workers? Milwaukee ghostlore expert Allison Jornlin leads this panel that includes people employed at the Brumder Mansion, Modjeska Theater, and Milwaukee Public Museum, all Milwaukee establishments with a legacy of ghost stories.
(Left) Panel moderator Allison Jornlin next to a photo of Dr. Stephan Francis de Borhegyi, Milwaukee Public Museum curator who died in 1969. Some say his spirit still wanders the museum hallways.
Below: the Brumder Mansion, built in 1910, currently operates as a bed and breakfast.
Below: An interior shot of the Modjeska Theater, built in the 1920s. It has sat abandoned for several years, but is currently being remodeled.
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This special event offered by Solar Wind Media will take place Sunday, October 16 at 3pm at the Underground Collaborative (161 W. Wisconsin Ave., basement level of Plankinton Building in Grand Ave. mall). Episodes 1-3 of Solar Wind Media’s Star Paths show will be screened, including a Q and A with series creator Ron HS Schaefer (who is also hosting a dream interpretation workshop at the conference) and guest Mary Ellen Pride, a well known Milwaukee psychic and astrologer.
Tickets will be available at Solar Wind Media’s table on the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference vendor floor (Saturday only) or at the door at the Underground Collaborative and are just $4. The Milwaukee Paranormal Conference Film Fest follows at 5pm.
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All of our conference workshops are located in Room 191, at the end of the hall next to the UWM Ballroom. There is no additional fee and you do not need to sign up, but seating is available on a first come, first serve basis.
These more intimate presentations will teach you about a variety of topics, from how to take a proper Electromagnetic Field (EMF) reading on a paranormal investigation to how to examine a photo of a UFO to how to interpret the significance of dreams or numbers.
12:15-1:00pm: Brew City Paranormal, “Paranormal Investigating: NOT as seen on TV”
What are paranormal investigations really like? How do they compare to what you see on TV? Is the evidence they get all real? Brew City Paranormal will be covering all of this and more in their presentation.
Website: www.brewcityparanormal.com
1:15-2:00pm: Ron Schaefer, “Dreams as an Introduction to Self-Knowledge and Development”
their own whenever and wherever they choose.
Website: www.solarwindmedia.com
2:15-3:00pm: Society for Anomalous Studies, “Historical Hauntings: Supporting Historical Properties through the Paranormal”
The Society for Anomalous Studies is a paranormal research cooperative that specializes in investigating historical properties. By partnering with historical societies to develop paranormal themed fundraising events the group has had exclusive access to some of the grand old houses and buildings in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Presented by group members Cindy Heinen and Randy Sunby, this work shop will not only discuss the unique considerations, research and investigation development the group takes when working in museum homesteads but also share some of the paranormal evidence they have captured.
Website: www.sasghostresearch.com
3:15-4:00pm: Dark Star Ministry, “Ouija and Tarot: Occult Tools and the Paranormal”
We will be discussing Dark Star Ministry’s hybrid method of paranormal investigation, using occult tools such as tarot, ouija, gazing spheres, and psychic sensitivity. We may even attempt in a ‘remote viewing’ exercise!
Website: www.darkstarministry.org
12:00-12:45pm: Nick Roesler, “Examining UFO Photos”
Nick Roesler is the author of In Focus: Photographic Evidence of Unconventional Flying Objects, a user’s manual for the correct methodology of applying photography to the study of UFOs. He’ll help you examine some classic UFO photos to review their legitimacy.
Website: www.kgraradio.com/portfolio-view/beyond-deep-black
1:00-1:45pm: Mary Marshall, “Ghost and Spirit Entities”
An overview of the how culture plays an important role in understanding ghost activity. Learn about the different type of haunting and phenomenon. Various types of entities, their behavior, capabilities, and interactions with us, and how to best handle it will be explained. Psychological, physical, and spiritual aspects will be examined. Real paranormal investigation cases will be discussed.
Website: www.theparanormalmd.com
2:00-2:45pm: luna, “Numerology 101: the Significance of Numbers”
Do you have a LUCKY number? Do you notice the same numbers over and over? This workshop will delve into the world of numbers for the fun of uncovering more meaning in our lives! This workshop will offer information on numbers 1 through 9, how the alphabet translates into numbers with an easy chart and how to figure out all your personal numbers such as your life and birth path numbers, personal year and name numbers.
luna will guide you through as you figure out your personal numbers and how they are working in your life!
3:00-3:45pm: Paranormal Investigators of Milwaukee, “Paranormal Tech: Why do we use it and how it works: EMF baseline reading tutorial”
Ever wondered why certain pieces of equipment are used in paranormal investigation or wondered what the differences are between all the EMF detectors? If so, this workshop is for you. The Paranormal Investigators of Milwaukee will be discussing some of the commonly used pieces of equipment in the field and why it is used. PIM will also be on hand to field any questions you might have about any of the equipment that you have seen on TV or used yourself. The workshop will conclude with a brief tutorial on how to properly take EMF baseline readings.
Website: www.paranormalmilwaukee.com
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It’s a Milwaukee Paranormal Conference pre-pre-conference event– a night of fantastic music, discount ghost tours, excellent beverages, a raffle of unique items, and a chance to look at our conference program hot off the press!
Supporting sponsor: Shaker’s Cigar Bar
Prof. Pinkerton and the Magnificents bring a performance of American roots music to Shaker’s Cigar Bar every first Thursday of the month, and we’re glad to be joining them Thursday, October 6 (first tour starts at 7pm, show is at 8pm).
Shaker’s is participating by giving paranormal conference fans a special deal on this night– Shaker’s Original Ghost Tours are half off. Normally $20, the 7pm and 8:30pm tours will be just $10. There will also be a special on the 9:30pm Shaker’s 2.0 Tour– normally $25, this one is just $15! Shaker’s also offers an excellent selection of food, drink (including a signature Ghost Ale), and cigars.
Milwaukee Paranormal Conference will be hosting a raffle. Tickets are just $1 each and prizes include Dead Man’s Carnival tickets, passes and merch from the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference, signed books from conference authors, ghost soap, and more! Pick up a copy of our program ($1 suggested donation), look at our impressive conference lineup, and read the winner of our short fiction contest.
Let the paranormal festivities begin!
More info on Shaker’s tours: milwaukeeshauntedbar.com
Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/330451663975255
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Milwaukee Paranormal Conference and Cult of Weird launched a short story speculative fiction contest on the first day of Summer and now on this, one of the first days of Autumn, we are thrilled to announce the winners! We challenged people to write stories with a paranormal theme and a setting of Wisconsin as the backdrop. A fantastic response of 40 stories that chilled us to the bone crept into our inbox.
We had four judges for the contest– Matthew Wamser of Furrow (a UWM undergraduate literary journal), author Rachel Green (First Contact), author J. Nathan Couch (Goatman: Flesh or Folklore? and Washington County Paranormal)and Christina Rickman of Cult of Weird. They had quite a challenge and competition was fierce, but based on their totaled scoresheets, here are our winners:
Honorable mentions:
“Stopping Sirens” by Cassie O’Rourke
“Beware the Bindlestiff” by Carolyn Toms-Neary
You will be able to read “The Devil in the Cornfield” in our conference program (accompanied with original art from Xeroine Illustration) and all three placing stories will be posted on our website on Oct. 30, Halloween Eve.
Our winning authors are invited to read their stories in a special session at the conference, Sunday, Oct. 16 4pm in Union Ballroom West, hosted by author Kat de Falla. The top three contest authors also get conference tickets and a prize pack that includes signed books, a gift from Grave Digger Candles and MPC merch. Honorable mentions will receive free conference tickets.
Thanks to everyone who participated, we appreciate your efforts and we hope to host the contest again next summer!
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A guide to some titles conference director Tea Krulos has on his shopping list
Hey, Tea here! One thing that really makes me happy about the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference is that it’s also a literary event. As an author myself, I love to geek out about books. We have a lot of talented writers in a variety of genres this year. There’s too many good titles available to even list them all, but I thought I’d give you a rundown of stuff I’d definitely like to see on my bookshelf. A lot of these titles have 2016 release dates and a few are hot off the press just in time for the con!
Remember, the holidays are happening very shortly after the con, so get some shopping done on our vendor floor– a signed book, original art, and the many other unique items on our vendor floor make great gifts! Check out the amazing vendor line up here: milwaukeeparacon.com/activities
1. Neanderthal: the Strange Saga of the Minnesota Iceman, by Bernard Heuvelmans, afterword by Loren Coleman
Our guest speaker Loren Coleman has written dozens of books on cryptozoology and all of them are recommended. His reference book Cryptozoology A-Z was a huge help while I worked on my own book Monster Hunters. Loren will have copies of Neanderthal, written by pioneering Belgian cryptozoologist Bernard Heuvelmans, recently translated and published with a new afterword by Coleman. It ties in directly with his Milwaukee Paranormal Conference presentation: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/07/11/guest-speaker-loren-coleman
2. Lake Monsters of Wisconsin, by Chad Lewis
Another brand new title that fits directly into an author talk. Chad Lewis is giving a presentation of Lake Monster sightings in Wisconsin, and what better way to supplement his talk than with this book!
More info on his presentation: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/05/04/guest-speaker-chad-lewis
3. Monster Among Us, by Linda S. Godfrey
This brand new book from Linda has an October release date. Linda has written a lot of paranormal classics, including ones of specific interest to Wisconsinites. American Monsters, Real Wolfman, Weird Wisconsin, and The Beast of Bray Road: Tailing Wisconsin’s Werewolf being just a few examples. We gave Linda the “Wisconsin Researcher of the Year” award last year based on her work as a writer, so obviously we’re always excited by a new book from her and her presentation ties directly into the book.
More info on her presentation: milwaukeeparacon.com/tag/linda-s-godfrey
4. Goatman: Flesh or Folklore? by J.Nathan Couch
I’ve already actually got this one on my shelf, but you might not. J. Nathan had a well received talk on Goatman last year, and for an encore we’ll talk about old Goaty on the “Wisconsin’s Wildest Urban Legends” panel.
Panel info here: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/07/15/panel-discussion-wisconsins-wildest-urban-legends
5. The Children of Roswell by Donald R. Schmitt and Thomas J. Carey
This new book by Donald R. Schmitt (and co-author Thomas Carey) came out earlier this year and is based on interviews with the children of Roswell witnesses, a follow up to the author’s previous titles like Witness to Roswell. Schmitt is participating in “The Roswell Debate” but we’re not showing favoritism here– his debate rival Mark O’Connell has a book coming out in 2017 that we’re also excited to see.
More on the Roswell Debate: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/06/03/the-roswell-debate
6. Admissible: The Field Manual for Investigating UFOs, Paranormal Activity, and Strange Creatures by Chase Kloetzke and Richard Dolan
This manual covers methods for investigating pretty much everything discussed at the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference and is co-authored by our guest speaker Chase Kloetzke. Hey, and a quick update on Chase– she is flying into Milwaukee directly from a case she is investigating in an undisclosed location in Peru!
More info on Chase: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/07/25/guest-speaker-chase-kloetzke
7. Haunted Bachelors Grove by Ursula Bielski
This brand new book by Ursula is part of Arcadia Publishing’s “Haunted America” series, and examines a location Ursula has been researching and investigating for decades– Bachelors Grove cemetery, located outside of Chicago. I’ve had a chance to visit that location during the Chicago Dark Shores Ghost Con, so I’m excited to see this.
More info on Ursula: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/08/31/guest-speaker-ursula-bielski
8. Murder & Mayhem in Rockford, Illinois by Kathi Kresol
We’re so glad to have Kathi, proprietor of Haunted Rockford, up here for our “Haunted Road Trip” panel and to check out her research into classic crime stories.
More info on the panel: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/08/08/panel-discussionhaunted-road-trip
9. Tales of the Night Watchman by Sanjay R. Singhal
Last but not least, our panel moderator Sanjay (“Searching for Wisconsin’s Sasquatch”) has a new book out collecting short stories of supernatural themed fiction! We know Sanjay has been on some real life hair raising expeditions, which we’re sure he must have tapped into for some of these stories.
More on Sanjay’s panel: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/08/02/panel-discussion-searching-for-wisconsins-sasquatch/
10. Black Bells by Dawn Napier
We’re glad to have Dawn on the floor (Sunday only). She writes fantasy/ horror and all her titles sound great, but this one caught my attention for some reason I can’t quite place my finger on. Books do that sometimes.
11. Monsters Around the Campfire by Donovan Scherer
We got to meet Donovan at the Milwaukee Comic Con at Serb Hall a couple months ago and he had a great set up! Donovan writes and illustrates books aimed mostly at children (most with a spooky theme, of course). I’m going to pick this one up for my nephew.
12. Adventures in Death and Romance: Vrykolakas Tales by Monette Bebow-Reinhard
We got a couple signed copies of this book here at MKE Paranormal Central Station, which will be given away as prizes during the con. The book follows the adventures of vampire Arabus Drake and his encounters with the Turk army, pirates, Tories, a vindictive lawman and a wily ghost who stands between him and a woman he thinks can finally love him.
13. First Contact by Kat Green
Written by authors Kat de Falla and Rachel Green (aka Kat Green) this book is about a real estate agent dealing with the paranormal. Put a SOLD sign on that!
14. The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil by Al Ridenour
This book is coming out shortly before the conference and it looks beautiful (in a hideous Krampus kind of way). I was going to say it would be a great Christmas gift, but of course St. Nick’s Day might be better.
Publisher Feral House is a sponsor of our appearance by Minnesota Krampus. Stop by their presentation for a chance to win a free copy of the book! Publisher Feral House also has a table on the vendor floor.
More Minnesota Krampus presentation info:
milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/06/26/guest-speaker-minnesota-krampus/
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