The Paranormal Research Symposium

Sponsored by The Spooky Stuff with Alex Matsuo, Ghost City Tours, Ghostly Images of Gettysburg, and Gold Dust Publishing.

*If you are interested in being a sponsor, please email us at [email protected].

August 17th, 2024 – Gettysburg, PA

Join us for a symposium that transcends the ordinary, as we unlock the mysteries of the paranormal through an academic lens. Be a part of a community dedicated to advancing the understanding of the unexplained and expanding the frontiers of scientific inquiry, spiritual knowledge, and methodology.

The Paranormal Research Symposium promises an intellectually stimulating and transformative experience for all who seek to unravel the mysteries that lie beyond the limits of conventional knowledge.

Ticket Pricing Information:

*Regular Registration: $50 (July 1st-August 16th)

*Door Price: $60 (August 17th)

Venues include

*The Hotel Gettysburg: 1 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg, PA, 17325

*Ghost City Tours: 10 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg, PA 17325 (Sponsor)

*Ghostly Images of Gettysburg: 778 Baltimore St, Gettysburg, PA 17325 (Sponsor)

Schedule:

• 8:30am-9:00am: Opening Ceremony (Hotel Gettysburg)
• 9:30am-10:15am: Session 1
• Hotel Gettysburg: Alex Matsuo – Haunted Spaces, Healing Conversations: A Trauma-Free Approach to the Paranormal (Presentation)
• Ghost City Tours: Sabrina Beackley – Exploring Interdimensional Beings, Higher Dimensions, and Religion (Presentation)
• Ghostly Images Orphanage: Victoria Jaye – Differentiating Spirits: Data-Based Classification (Presentation)
• 10:45am-11:30am: Session 2
• Hotel Gettysburg: 3 Appalachian Witches – How Psychic are You? Testing the limits of ESP through Hypnosis and Reiki Energy (Workshop)
• Ghost City Tours: Erin Taylor – A Haunted Mind: The Paranormal and Mental Health (Presentation)
• Ghostly Images Orphanage: Amelia Cotter – The Legacy of Lore: Why Our Ghost Stories Matter (Presentation)
• 11:30am-12:30pm: Lunch Break
• 12:30pm-1:15pm: Session 3
• Hotel Gettysburg: John Sabol and Mary Becker – A ‘Paradigm Shift’ at Haunted Locations: Investigative Fieldwork as ‘Memory Activism’ (Panel)
• Ghost City Tours: Ari Spence – A Devil’s Playground: The Intersection of Neuropsychology, Alleged Demonic Possession, and Popular Media (Presentation)
• Ghostly Images Orphanage: Lisa Krick – Gifts Gathered through a Dark Mirror: A How to Guide for Scrying (Workshop – $10 fee)
• 1:45pm-2:30pm: Session 4
• Hotel Gettysburg : Josie Bluegrass – Living with Haints: Coexisting with the Paranormal in Appalachia (Presentation)
• Ghost City Tours: Tee Morris – The Value of Redundancy: Using Multiple Recording Devices in Paranormal Investigations (Presentation)
• Ghostly Images Orphanage: Lisa Krick – The Estes Method – Tweaking the Technique (Workshop)
• 3:00pm-3:45pm: Session 5
• Hotel Gettysburg: Ron Yacovetti, Lourdes Gonzales, Tony Rathman, & Cherie Rathman – Reality and Spirit Contact: The Supernatural Turned Natural Through Defining of Reality (Presentation)
• Ghost City Tours: Robert “Brad” Bradley – Paranormal Research – 14 Years of Hard Data (Presentation)
• Ghostly Images Orphanage: Karen and Chris Carothers with Victoria Jaye – Maybe it’s a faerie, not a demon – How mythology and NeoPagan theologies can lead us to a wider classification of entities in paranormal encounters (Panel)
• 4:15pm-5:00pm: Session 6
• Hotel Gettysburg: Joshua Cutchin & Timothy Renner – Beauty & the Beast: Towards an Archetypal Understanding of Bigfoot and Women-in-White (Presentation)
• Ghost City Tours: Michael K. Magner – Could “Residual” Paranormal Activity be Explained by Time Anomalies? (Presentation)
• Ghostly Images Orphanage: Kristin Lee – Experiences as a Haunted Location Owner: The Bellaire House (Presentation)
• 5:30pm-6:00pm: Closing Ceremony (Hotel Gettysburg)

Host or Publisher Association of Paranormal Study