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Prairie Fire: Open for Business!

Troy & Haven Taylor's Prairie Fire is a unique gift & gourmet food store in downtown Decatur, specializing in items that can't be found anywhere else in the area, including bulk herbs & spices, a wide array of teas, pastas, hot food items, dips & cooking mixes, natural & organic soaps & foods, plus we have a complete selection of books from Whitechapel Press and are home to the award-winning Haunted Decatur Tours.
Click Here for Info!
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New!
Haunted Illinois from Troy Taylor & Stackpole Books! Click on the Cover for an Autographed Copy! |
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New!
Weird Chicago:
The Ultimate Chicago Ghost Book from the Creators of the Weird Chicago Tours! Click on the Cover for Your Copy! |
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October 31, 2008

Spookapalooza 2008!
Join Host Troy Taylor &
Medium Ken Berg for the Biggest and Most Chilling Halloween Event
of 2008! You'll be riveted to your seat by a Spooky
presentation on Houdini and the Spirit World, Terrified by a
Live Radio Show from a 1936 Houdini Séance & then Pushed
Over the Edge as a Real-Life Séance begins to try and Reach
the Spirit of Famed Illusionist Harry Houdini!
The Great
Magician Maintained that if it was Possible to Make Contact
from the Other Side, He Would Do So -- Will he Finally Make
Contact at the Lincoln Theater on the Anniversary of
his Death? The management accepts no responsibility for the possible effect on your mental health! Attend at your own risk!
Tickets Now On Sale!
Click
Here for
Info About
Spookapalooza 2008! |
Annual Fall Festival!
October 4, 2008

Annual Fall Festival - Join us for the American Ghost Society's annual Fall Event at the History & Hauntings Book Co. in Alton, Illinois! Free daytime event with speakers & presenters on ghosts & the paranormal & Hosted by Authors Len Adams, Luke Naliborski & Troy Taylor. Special After Hours Events include an Alton Hauntings Ghost Hunter's Tour & A Visit to the haunted McPike Mansion. The Perfect way to kick off the Halloween Season!
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Alton Hauntings Tour Tickets
On Sale September 1 at Midnight!

Alton Hauntings Tours - Join us in "One of the Most Small Towns in America" for our award-winning tours in Alton, Illinois! All Tickets for the Halloween Season of the Alton Hauntings Tours (except for the October 4 Tour, which are now available) Go on sale starting on Labor Day, September 1, at midnight!
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Bloody Hollywood is Coming Soon!

The new book from Troy Taylor & the Dead Men Do Tell Tales Series, Bloody Hollywood, is coming soon! This is not your typical Hollywood ghost book, but a unique perspective on how crime, murder, sin, sex, scandal, and unsolved mysteries have shaped the haunted landscape of Tinseltown! You'll never look at some of your favorite stars in the same way again! From the bloody history of L.A. & Hollywood to the myriad of scandals, sin & gore-soaked crime of the film colony's Golden Age, this is the book that fan's of Taylor's works have been waiting for!
Coming September 2008! |
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Haunted Decatur Tour Tickets on Sale September 20 at Prairie Fire!
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October 4, 2008

Night at the Eldred House --
Join us at the legendary Eldred House in Eldred, Illinois! This chilling night will include a real-life ghost hunt, late-night séance and investigation of Eldred House grounds, spooky cellar & nearby cemetery! The James Eldred House dates back to the 1820s and there have been at least four deaths in the house over the years and legend tells of a Native American who was buried on the property --- leading to ghost stories that are still being told today.
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September & October 2008

Dinner & Spirits Tours in Lebanon -- Join Len Adams for food, fun, chills and thrills in one of the most haunted small towns in Illinois! This chilling night will include dinner at one of Lebanon's most haunted restaurants, a tour of the town's most spirit-infested sites and then a real-life ghost hunt at some of the most active locations on the route! We'll dine at two different haunted restaurants during tours on September 28, October 10 & October 19! Hurry -- these tours will sell out quickly!
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Haunted Overnights for 2008-2009 Now Available Online!

American Hauntings Overnights - Join us for our NEW Haunted Overnights in 2009:
* Haunted Lemp Mansion Overnight
* Haunted Lincoln Theater Overnight
* Spirits of the Civil War in Gettysburg Weekend
* Villisca Ax Murder House Overnight
* Harney Mansion Overnight
* Mansfield Reformatory Overnights
* 2 Bell Witch Cave Weekends, including One Canoe Trip Adventure!
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Two Haunted Overnights for 2009 at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield -- May 16 & July 25, 2009!

American Hauntings Overnights -- Mansfield Reformatory-
Join
Troy Taylor & the American Ghost
Society for a PRIVATE
overnight ghost hunt at the infamous Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio -- one of the most haunted prisons in America! Come along for an all-night investigation of this spirit-infested penitentiary and take part in a historic guided tour; enjoy a
late dinner; and then spend the
night in search of the reformatory's
myriad of ghosts! Are you brave
enough to spend the night behind
bars? Join on this chilling night
and find out!
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February 28, 2009

Lincoln Theater Haunted Overnight -
Join
us
for
an
Exclusive
Overnight
Investigation
at
one
of
the
most
haunted
places
in
downstate
Illinois
---
and
America.
Come
along
for
another
intense
investigation
of
this
supernaturally
charged
theater!
We’ll
spend
the
night
looking
for
the
theater’s
ghosts
and
we’ll
also
include
a
history
and
tour
of
the
theater
as
well.
Is
it
really
as
haunted
as
many
claim?
Find
out
for
yourself
during
what
may
be
one
of
the
scariest
nights
of
your
life! Click Here for Reservations! |
September 20, 2008

Rock the Lincoln Music Festival -- Fundraiser for the Lincoln Theater on September 20! Local rock bands unite to raise funds for the theater's continued restoration! Don't miss it! |
Coming Soon!

"Cringe" Returns from Hiatus! iClips and executive producer Troy Taylor announces the return of the supernatural series "Cringe"! We will be filming four new episodes over the next two months, with many more to come! We'll also be putting out a "casting call" for those who would like to be involved in the making of new episodes, but you can only get it by subscribing to our free newsletter! Click Here to Get Signed up! |
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