EPIC CON
Eastern Paranormal Investigators CO-OP Conference
March 12-14, 2010
This impressive event was put together by Teddt Skyler www.ghostfirehaunts.com and Lisa Moss www.virginiaparanormal.net . Don't hesitate to contact them with any questions about this upcoming event. It looks to be the best one by far for 2010! The guest speaker list is very impressive and includes:
Rosemary Ellen Guiley - www.visionaryliving.com over 41 books on the paranormal including three Encyclopedias.
John Zaffis - www.johnzaffis.com - Demonologist, author. Anyone familiar with the paranormal world certainly knows about John Zaffis. I had the chance to meet him in Richmond a few years ago at a paranormal conference and purchased his book Shadows of the Dark. He is very respected and gives a very informative and interesting lecture.
Bishop James Long - www.paranormalclergy.com Demonologist, Exorcist
Mark Nesbitt - www.ghostsofgettysburg.com author The Ghost of Gettysburg series. Mr Nesbitt is a wealth of information on Gettysburg.
Carmen Reed - www.carmenreed.com A Haunting in Connecticut, Haunting Survivor
Steven LaChance - www.stevenalachance.com author The Univited, Haunted Survivor. I was lucky enough to hear Steven LaChance speak at Haunted Hickory in 2008. He has a very compelling story to tell of his own experiences with the paranormal.
Bill Bean - www.billbean.net author Dark Force, haunted survivor
Kelly Weaver - www.kellysmagicalgarden.com Psychic, Medium
Al Chewning - local author Haunted Virginia Beach
Belinda Nash - local author Ghosts, Witches, and Weird Tales. Our group had the chance to meet Belinda Nash when we had an investigation at the Ferry Plantation. She was nice enough to give us a personal tour. If you haven't been to the Ferry Plantation, you should consider it whenever you are close to Virginia Beach.
Willie "Windwalker" Gibson - author The Shaman Windwalker, shaman
Pamela K Kinney - is an author of published horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction, and has also written the nonfiction books, Haunted Richmond, Virginia, and Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths and True Tales.
L.B.Taylor - LB Taylor is a native Virginian who was born in Lynchburg and has a BS degree in Journalism from Florida State Univeristy. L.B. wrote about Americas space programs for 16 years for NASA and aerospace contractors. He has published more than 300 national magazine articles and over 40 non-fiction books over 20 of them regarding the ghosts and hauntings in Virginia.
It should be a great learning experience and a very entertaining weekend. Our group will be there!
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.Accommodations for EPIC CON
The Cavalier Hotel
You can reserve a room by calling the Cavalier at 1-800-446-8199. Be sure to tell them you are with the EPIC conference to get a very special room rate.
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.Built in 1927, the Cavalier Hotel was the largest brick structure in the state of Virginia and its beauty and opulence gave Virginia Beach the nickname of the "Jewel Resort of the Atlantic". In addition to beautiful accomodations and nine different dining rooms the Cavalier offered it's guests a variety of leisure activities; including golf, tennis, croquet, skeet shooting, fox hunting, quail hunting, fishing, boating and dancing. Located in the hotel lobby were a stock brokerage office and WSEA radio, only the third station in the country that broadcasted coast to coast.
During the 1930s the Cavalier Hotel was the largest single employer of musicians in the country and anytime, day or night, live music could be heard throughout the hotel from one band or another. It is understable that the Cavavlier cecame the third most popular tourist destination on the east coast and was visited by countless celebrities and seven United States presidents. Some of the notable guests were Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Mary Pickford, Will Rogers, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Presidents Coolidge, Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.
During World War II the Cavalier Hotel was closed to the public and was used by the United States Navy, and in the following years things never were quite the same. In the 1970s the grand hotel was closed and almost sold, but a decision was made to restore it to it's original splendor. Today it stands as reminder to those by-gone days.
The restoration of the Cavalier is so complete it seems it is actually visited by some of its former quests. Mr Adolph Coors, who died a mysterious death at the hotel in 1929, has been seen on the sixth floor. A young woman who took her own life has been reported wandering the halls wearing her wedding gown and a young soldier in his uniform waits patiently for his love to join him.
Wet footprints appear by the indoor pool where a young child drowned and in the basement, in a room where a bloody suicide occured, there is a stain on the floor that cannot be removed. There is also the spirit of a cat that has appeared all aroun the hotel and the grounds and there are phone calls that originate from rooms during the winter months when the hotel is closed and locked.
A stay at the Cavalier Hotel will definitely put you in the right "spirit", but don't be surprised if the hotel staff doesn't talk much about those things that go bump in the night. They aren't allowed to.
Al Chewning
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THE EPICCON EVENTS
Dead Man's Party!
Friday night will be our DEAD MAN’S PARTY. The party is open to the public, and we encourage the attendees to come in Haunting Attire. Be that of a ghost, the undead, a ghost hunter or who you were in a previous life. Or, you may choose to honor the beautiful hotel by dressing in your zoot suit and flapper attire of the 1920’s. Of course a costume is not required, but we will be having a contest.
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Paranormal Awards
1.Best evidence collected by a team or individual in 2009
2.Best report turned in to a client in 2009
3.Best breakthrough in investigation technique.
4.Best Paranormal Photo
5.Best E.V.P.
6.Best "Dude Run!" moment!
Peer Review
Has your group been involved in an interesting investigation you would like to share with your peers? For the first time a conference is allowing Groups to present their very own cases! You will need to reserve a segment of time, so please, contact us soon. There is no cost to present and I am certain this is going to be very educational and important segment of this conference.
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