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Pre-order Merch!…

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…and be ahead of the crowd!

Last year, we sold out of all t-shirts in a very short time frame of a couple hours. You can guarantee you’ll get the merch you want by pre-ordering through our Indiegogo campaign– ENDS in 3 DAYS. Pre-ordering merch (and tickets) is helpful to everyone– it gets you the merch you want and it gives us the advance funds we need to make the conference happen. Pre-order here: igg.me/at/milwaukeeparacon

Here’s what we’re offering in designs this year.

2016 MPC “Chupy” logo design, by Catherine Palmeno

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Available in:

T-shirt: S-Xl $15, 2XL-3XL, $20

Tank top: S-XL $15

Coffee mug: $9

Wooden pin: $9

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Tote Bag: With VIP pass only. More details: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/08/19/milwaukee-paranormal-con-swag-bag-is-totes-mcgoats-awesome/
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2016 MPC poster design, by Alex Groh of Muddy Water Press

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Available in:

T-shirt: S-XL, $25, 2XL-3XL, $30

Glow-in-the-dark poster print, signed, numbered: $32

Regular poster print: $20

Timeless MPC Chupacabra Logo, 2-color by David Beyer Jr.

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T-shirt: S-XL, $22, 2XL-3XL, $27

MPC Program Cover t-shirt, by David Beyer Jr.
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Again, we need your support. Just a few days left on our Indiegogo so please help us by ordering merch and tickets today: igg.me/at/milwaukeeparacon

 

 

 

That’s a Wrap on the Summer Writing Contest!

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When the clock tolled twelve midnight last night, our Summer Short Fiction Contest (presented with our friends Cult of Weird) came to a conclusion. And what good timing– we’re just starting to feel a hint of Fall in the air.

We received 40 entrants to our contest (more than our expectation!) and we got quite a mix of creative ideas for paranormal stories set here in our home state of Wisconsin. The stories offered us a ghoulish parade of haunted houses, eerie cornfields, and things that go splash in the night in Lake Michigan, among other frights. These stories our now in the hands of our judges, who we’re sure will read them with all the lights on!

Our judges include representatives from Furrow, a literary organization and magazine for undergraduates at UW-Milwaukee, UW-Washington County’s creative writing department, and Cult of Weird. We are shooting for a Sept. 15 announcement, but bear with us as judging might take longer with such a great turn out.

1st place winner gets a conference VIP pass, their story printed in our conference program, and a prize pack. 2nd and 3rd place will have their stories posted on our website and will receive a 2-day Super Pass and prize packs. Prize packs include candles from Grave Digger Candles, signed books from conference speakers, Milwaukee Paranormal Conference merch, and more. The top 3 will also be invited to read their stories at the conference in a session hosted by author Kat de Falla in Room 191.

Most importantly, we’d like to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone who took time to submit their stories. We are thrilled with the interest in this contest and can’t wait to share the results. Good luck to all!
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Vendor of the Week 25: Badger Bus Tours

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BBT LOGOA family owned and operated company since 1920, Badger Bus Tours offers travelers the best service and value in Wisconsin. With our dedicated staff including tour directors, drivers and more, Badger Bus Tours is committed to serving your travel needs.  Our tours range from one-day shopping and sightseeing trips to all-inclusive fully escorted tours worldwide.  We even have tours to some of the best haunted sights in America and, of course, the Great American Solar Eclipse in August of 2017.

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Vendor of the Week 24: Astralfae

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Opening in 2011, Astralfae began its online boutique by selling handmade floral inspired jewelry. Now in 2016 it has grown in size and demand, catering to Faerie lovers and galactic travelers alike with vegan friendly materials and all natural ingredients.

Our items range from essential oil rollerball perfumes, sweet almond oil body potions, floral bath bombs and facial steam kits, traveling apothecary charms & talismans, cleansing & protection spell charm necklaces, and many more!

Creating apothecary supplies that soothe the soul and connect us to mother nature wherever we go. We even make the beloved Studio Ghibli Soot Sprite charm for those who love the spirit world!

Website: www.etsy.com/shop/Astralfae

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Guest Speaker: Ursula Bielski

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Ursula Bielski is the founder of Chicago Hauntings, Inc. and the host of PBS’ The Hauntings of Chicago (WYCC).

An historian, author, and parapsychologist, she has been writing and lecturing about Chicago’s supernatural folklore and the paranormal for nearly 20 years, and is recognized as a leading authority on the Chicago region’s ghostlore and cemetery history. She is the author of five popular and critically acclaimed books on the same subjects, all published by Lake Claremont Press.

Ursula’s interests in Chicago ghost hunting began at a young age. She grew up in a haunted house on Chicago’s north side and received an early education in Chicago history from her father, a Chicago police officer, who introduced Ursula to the ghosts at Graceland Cemetery, Montrose Point and the old lockup at the storied Maxwell Street Police Station. Since that time Ursula has been involved in countless investigations of haunted sites in and around Chicago.

Aside from her writing, Ursula has been featured on numerous television documentaries, including productions by the A&E Network, The History Channel, The Learning Channel, SyFy, The Travel Channel, and PBS. She’s been a judge on “Paranormal Challenge” and a regular guest on “Ghost Adventures” and the “Maury Show,” as well as a favorite lecturer at Darkness Events.

She also appears regularly on local Chicago television and radio and lectures throughout the year at various libraries, historical and professional societies. In addition to her books, Ursula is the author of numerous scholarly articles exploring the links between history and the paranormal, including articles published in the International Journal of Parapsychology. Ursula is a past editor of PA News, the quarterly newsletter of the Parapsychological Association, a past president and board member of the Pi Gamma Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, and holds membership in the Society of Midland Authors.

A graduate of St. Benedict High School in Chicago, Ursula holds a B.A. degree in history from Benedictine University and an M.A. in American cultural and intellectual history from Northeastern Illinois University. Her academic explorations include the Spiritualist movement of the 19th century and its transformation into psychical research and parapsychology, and the relationships among belief, experience, science, and religion.

Ursula’s latest book, Haunted Bachelors Grove, parted of the Haunted America series from Arcadia Publishing explores the famous haunted cemetery Ursula has been researching for almost three decades.

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Let the Cello Lead You

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Let the sounds of the cello lead you to our VIP dinner, a most unique soiree, taking place the evening of Friday, October 14 at the Mitchell Park Pavilion on the Lagoon (near the Domes). After arriving, you might find yourself seated next to a foremost authority on cryptozoology, someone who actively investigates UFO sightings, or members of a team that dedicated to capturing evidence that ghosts exist. It’s a chance to be social and enjoy dinner with Milwaukee Paranormal Conference speakers, behind the scenes staff, and your fellow VIPs. Food and drink will be provided, and you’ll be treated to a performance by acclaimed cellist Janet Schiff.

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Janet creates music that is beautiful, rich, haunting, mixing old  (one of her cellos, made in Romania, is 103 years old) with new– electronic loopers allow her to layer her riffs. It gives her music an “enigmatic quality” as Milwaukee Paranormal Conference director Tea Krulos described when he profiled her band Nineteen Thirteen in a 2011 article. The other half of Nineteen Thirteen is the brilliant percussionist Victor DeLorenzo, founding member of Milwaukee’s favorite sons, the Violent Femmes.

We’re thrilled to be able to offer this intimate solo performance for our VIPs.

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In addition to the dinner party, VIPs get into both days (Oct.15-16) of our conference at the UWM Student Union for free. Check out our updated schedule and start planning which talks, panels, and workshops you want to check out.

VIPs also get into our Raven’s Ball masquerade party for free. This is taking place Saturday night (Oct.15) after the conference at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center and features performances from Dead Man’s Carnival, Quasimondo theater, Sunspot, Gnarrenschiff and Tamarind Tribal Belly Dance, Subspace, and more. It also features a big costume contest. Check out a Facebook event page here: www.facebook.com/events/286709081708240/

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VIPs also get a limited edition conference tote bag that has over two dozen swag items from our sponsors, vendors, and friends– stickers, magnets, a magazine, a water bottle, download codes, a keychain, lots of unique items. Like the VIP passes themselves, there is only 100!

You can find more info, including a list of swag here: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/08/19/milwaukee-paranormal-con-swag-bag-is-totes-mcgoats-awesome/

VIP tickets are still at the low price of $75.

Purchasing one will help make the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference happen, so please get one today: milwaukeeparacon.brownpapertickets.com

Vendors of the Week 23: Jason Braun

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(SATURDAY ONLY)

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Jason is a writer and illustrator who works from his cabin/studio in the woods of rural Wisconsin. He graduated with a BFA from UW-Milwaukee in 1998 and worked as a graphic designer for several years before leaving the corporate world in order to focus on his art. In addition to his RPG credits, which include: Goblinoid Games, Chaotic Henchmen Productions, Black Blade Publishing, and Rob Kuntz’s Pied Piper Publishing, Jason creates crisp commercial illustrations, festival and theatrical posters, whimsical paintings, and pet portraits.

Jason is a cat whisperer, an ordained Dudeist minister and enjoys camping, horror movies, and Irish whiskey.

Website: www.jasonbraun.com
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Vendors of the Week 22: Paranormal Investigators of Milwaukee

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Paranormal Investigators of Milwaukee (PIM) is a Milwaukee, WI based paranormal phenomena investigative group. We conduct investigations in private homes and businesses that report paranormal activity, using the scientific method and various equipment in an attempt to separate the explainable from the unexplainable.

Website: www.paranormalmilwaukee.com

PIM is participating in the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference with a Friday night investigation of the Milwaukee Theater (sold out!), a workshop on EMF readings, and a screening of a documentary about them is part of the Sunday Milwaukee Paranormal Conference Film Fest line up.

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Special Activity: Ghost Story Open Mic

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Sunday, Wisconsin Room, with your hosts with the mosts, Deadgar’s Dark Coffin Classics!

Open-Mic-Media-Detail-CCHere’s how this idea came about. Con director Tea Krulos noticed last year at our first con that a number of people were enjoying having an environment where they could talk about their own supernatural experiences. People were talking to investigation groups on the vendor floor, podcasters recorded some of their stories, and Krulos himself heard a few hair-raising tales.

Later, Krulos was on assignment with M magazine writing a short round up of open mic nights around town– comedy, music, poetry, etc.– and the idea hit him like a peanut butter truck crashing into a jelly factory…Ghost Story Open Mic.

This is how it’ll work. Think of a story you’d like to share. Maybe it’s something eerie that you’ve experienced directly, or a creepy story told to you by a relative or friend. Or maybe it’s a story that frightened you around the campfire when you were young. Sign up at the ticket and registration table and you’ll be given a 5 minute timeslot for the open mic. First come, first serve, so show up early to sign up. Don’t be shy– you’re among friends!

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Horror host Deadgar Winter (right) and co-host Celeste Parker

Our open mic emcees are horror host Deadgar Winter, and his co-host Celeste Parker, stars of Deadgar’s Dark Coffin Classics. Deadgar and his entourage of Deadgirls screen classic cult favorite B horror and sci fi movies interspersed with their own with skits and commentary.

Deadgar’s Dark Coffin Classics airs in Kenosha and Milwaukee on Channel 16 and Channel 987 in Jefferson County. For more details, check out: deadgarwinter65.wix.com/deadgar-winter

You can also see archived episodes on YouTube and Vimeo.

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Panel Discussion: Best UFO Reports 2016

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Saturday, UWM Ballroom West

Moderator: Nick Roesler (Beyond Deep Black Radio) Panel: Chase Kloetzke (Mutual UFO Network) and Kevin Malek (UFO Wisconsin Research Team).

What are UFOs and where do they come from? This discussion will talk about some of the most compelling UFO cases reported so far in 2016. Our ufology experts will talk about case studies from around the country, the world, and from Wisconsin.

Our panel moderator is Nick Roesler, author of In Focus: Photographic Evidence of Unconventional Flying Objects and host of Beyond Deep Black Radio on KGRA.

Chase Kloetzke has been with MUFON (the largest UFO research organization in the world) since 1996 and is currently MUFON’s Deputy Director of Investigations and Special Case Manager. Read a full bio on her here: milwaukeeparacon.com/2016/07/25/guest-speaker-chase-kloetzke

Kevin Malek is a paranormal historian and founder of the Northern Wisconsin Paranormal Society. He is also a ufologist and field investigator for the UFO Wisconsin Research Team. He is a contributing writer for Supernatural Magazine and one of the hosts of the paranormal radio show Paraversal Universe on the Paranormal King Radio Network. He also serves as a conspiracy analyst for Ultimate Conspiracies, Apocalypse Nation, and the PKRN. Kevin and his wife Jennifer Scelsi-Malek run the Northwoods Paranormal Resource Center in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
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