american hauntings special event
AN EVENING WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD
october 17, 2020
an evening with the spirit world
best western premier hotel | alton, illinois
$44 per person
next available date: october 17, 2020 | 7:00 pm
SOLD OUT!
Join Troy and Lisa from American Hauntings for another night of our “An Evening with…” series of events! This eerie night will include a catered dinner, served in a private ballroom at the hotel. After dinner, author Troy Taylor will be presenting “An Evening with the Spirit World,” the true story of American’s obsession with spirit communications, seances, scandals, and sins!
Spiritualism — like jazz music — is an American invention. Starting in the middle of the nineteenth century and continuing today, Americans have been influenced by the supernatural. Since the Fox sisters first reported the “mysterious rappings” in their New York home, mediums, magicians, and ghost hunters have played have delved into the mystery of communication with the spirit world. Discover the roots of our fascination with ghosts, hauntings, and talking to the dead and explore the rich, entertaining, colorful, and eerie history of seances, ectoplasm, table rappings, Ouija boards, spirit cabinets, and more!
You don’t want to miss this spook night of history and hauntings!
We’ll be looking out for your health at all our dinner events so we can make sure that everyone is safe, we can maintain social distance, and have a really great time!
- All events held at the Best Western Premier Hotel Located at 3559 College Avenue in Alton, Illinois
- Limited number of guests for each event
- Private ballroom for use for our event only
- Upgraded sanitary conditions for serving and dining
- We do suggest that you wear a mask to the event, but obviously, you won't be wearing one when eating and drinking. We're not going to be kicking people out if they take it off, but we do require that you maintain your social distance. But please know, this is a very large space that we are working with and our group size will be under mandated state health official guidelines.
- Books will be available for purchase and can be autographed by Troy
- Fully staffed bar located on site
- Nearby restrooms
- And if you’re coming from out of town, the Best Western Premier offers our guests an exclusive discount price! Details are sent out with your confirmation!
AN EVENING WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD
PRESENTED BY TROY TAYLOR
From the mediums of Spiritualism’s golden age to the ghost hunters of the modern era, author Troy Taylor uses this night to shine a light on the phantasms and frauds of the past, the inexplicable and violent events that kept Spiritualism alive in a new century, the first researchers who dared to investigate the unknown, and the stories and events that galvanized the pubic and turned the spirit world into something we still talk about today! Join us for a thrilling exploration of the creation of paranormal popular culture in America, filled with heroes, villains, skeptics, believers, horrors, and hoaxes.
* What really happened at the Fox home in New York?
* How did Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War save Spiritualism?
* Who held the first seances in the White House?
* Who were the first ghost hunters in American history?
* What supernatural events in American history have NEVER been explained?
* Did one American medium truly fly during his seances?
* What is ectoplasm and how did it become a sign of spirit contact?
* What happened during a seance during Spiritualism’s heyday?
* Why did so many people see ghosts and talk with the dead?
* Why did Harry Houdini became a famous debunker of phony Spiritualists?
Troy will answer all these questions — and many more! — during our “Evening with the Spirit World!” If you’ve always wanted to know why ghost shows on television are so popular, or how the paranormal field actually began, then this is the night for you! Don’t miss it!