October 28th & 29th, 2023
The Arkansas Paranormal Expo is proud to have
Heather Burton Amaro as
our host for the 12th year!
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Ken Gerhard
Cryptozoologist, Researcher, Author
Saturday - 2:00 p.m.
Presentation:
Cryptozoology 101
Sunday - 1:15 p.m.
Presentation: Cryptids of Arkansas
  
Ken Gerhard
is a widely-recognized
cryptozoologist, author and lecturer who frequently
appears on television. Ken has traveled the world
searching for evidence of mysterious creatures including
Bigfoot, The Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra, Mothman
and The Beast of Gevaudan. In addition, he's written six
books on the subject of unknown animals. His research
has been featured on numerous TV shows including -
Missing in Alaska, Monster Quest, Ancient Aliens,
America Unearthed, The UnXplained and Legend Hunters.
Ken has appeared on major networks including History
Channel, Travel Channel, Discovery, Animal Planet, SyFy
and National Geographic. He can currently be seen
on the History Channel series, The Proof is Out
There.
www.kengerhard.com
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CANCELLED
Bishop James
Long
Exorcist
Bishop of the United States Old
Catholic Church
Host of the Sacred Division Radio
Show
Presentations: Exorcisms
Saturday - 1:15 p.m.
Sunday - 11:00 a.m.
Bishop James Long,
has been in the Paranormal
field for over 30 years. He serves as the Exorcist for
the United States Old Catholic Church and has
performed 30 documented Exorcisms on individuals who were
validly possessed.
Bishop Long hosts the Sacred Division Radio Show,
which he started in 2005 and discusses everything that is
related to the Paranormal field. He discusses
Demonology and Possession on his show as well as other
topics and teaches about the dangers that come with
investigating Demonic cases. He is currently being
featured on Travel Channels, "The Legion of
Exorcists."
www.bishopjameslong.com
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Debbie Ziegelmeyer
MUFON Business Board of
Directors, Functional Director of Underwater Research and Recovery,
MUFON Missouri State Director, MUFON Star Team Investigator, Benefactor
and
Inner Circle Member, MUFON Archivist & Author
Presentations:
Saturday - 2:45 p.m. -
50th Anniversary of the SE Missouri
Ozarks UFO Flap
Sunday - 2:00 p.m. - The Alien Colonization of Earth's
Waterways
 
Debbie Ziegelmeyer
joined MUFON in 2000 and became a
Field Investigator shortly after. She is currently a
MUFON Star Team Investigator, Missouri State Director, a
member of the MUFON Business Board of Directors, the
Functional Director of Underwater Research and Recovery, a
Benefactor, A MUFON Archivist, co-founder of the MUFON Dive
Team and a PADI Instructor.
She was a consultant on two episodes of "Alien Highway,"
appeared on two episodes of "Alaska Triagle," and appeared
on the 2021 Discovery+ series "Roswell the Final Verdict."
In 2017 she was awarded both the "Roswell Incident
Excellence Award" by the Roswell Daily Record, and "MUFON
Field Investigator of the Year." In 2023 Debbie was also
awarded the "MUFON Chapter of the Year" award.
In 2021 she released her first book, "The Alien Colonization
of Earth's Waterways," and in April 2023, released her
second book, "The 50th Anniversary of the SE Missouri Ozarks
UFO Flap."
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Carol Pate
Psychic
Presentation: My life as a Psychic
& Open Gallery Discussion
Saturday & Sunday - 3:30
Carol Pate
was born with psychic abilities. By the age of
12, she was working with law enforcement agencies in helping
them solve cases of embezzlement,
homicide and missing persons. She is now a licensed minister, a teacher
and a
practicing psychic counselor. Ms.
Pate was chosen in 1991 as the top female psychic in the U.S. by Unicorn
World Coordination and Tokyo Broadcast
System in Japan. She has been featured in three international television
documentaries and has worked with all facets of the media at local,
state and national levels, as well as internationally. She has appeared
as a guest
expert on "The Geraldo Rivera Show" and has also appeared
on "The Other Side", "Sightings", "Unsolved
Mysteries"
and "Beyond Chance". Most recent on MSNBC Abrahams Report",
"Psychic Detectives" and "Larry
King Live."
Through the University of Arkansas continuing education program, Ms.
Pate taught her "ESP and the Paranormal" course for 5 years. She
continues to conduct private workshops and seminars on a regularly
scheduled basis. As time permits, she is available for speaking
engagements at schools, colleges, churches and civic organizations.
Her private practice includes working with the public on multiple
levels. She has given thousands of personal readings utilizing her
psychometric talent and other psychic abilities to offer counsel and
advice in all areas of personal concern. She has also worked with
thousands of missing persons and murder cases with great success.
www.carolpate.com
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Robert Swain
Bigfoot Field Researcher
Co-Founder of Arkansas
Primates Evidence Society and Laughsquatch Cartoons
Director of Alliance
of Independent Bigfoot Researchers
Presentations:
Bigfoot In
Arkansas &
Open Gallery Discussion
Saturday - 10:15 a.m.
Sunday - 11:45 a.m.
Robert Swain
has had a life -long interest in the
Sasquatch mystery. He has been a field researcher since 2006,
looking for Bigfoot primarily in the hills of Arkansas. Robert is
the artist of the Laughsquatch cartoons and is the author of,
"Laughsquatch: Is In The Bag!" He is a regular speaker at Bigfoot
conferences across the country and serves on the board of AIBR -
Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers and is co-founder of APES -
Arkansas Primate Evidence Society.
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Adrian & Tina Scalf
Sponsor
Founders of River Valley
Paranormal Research & Investigations (RVPRI)
Presentation - Hidden -
Dangers of Paranormal Investigating From A Personal
Perspective.
A paranormal survivor
shining a light on the darker aspect of ghost hunting.
Monsters can walk among us.
Saturday - 11:00 a.m.
Sunday - 2:45 p.m.
In 2006 Adrian and his wife,
Tina, formed River Valley Paranormal Research &
Investigations (RVPRI) in Ft. Smith, Arkansas after
experiencing paranormal activity in two of their homes.
As a lifelong non-believer in anything described as
"paranormal', Adrian was convinced that he was wrong when he
experienced an undeniable paranormal encounter in 1999.
With a firm Biblical perspective on the world, and a
foundation rooted in common sense, Adrian has made it his
mission to help those who have no one else to turn to.
As someone who did not receive any support from his own
church when he was in crisis, he knows the importance of
offering a spiritual perspective on paranormal experiences
for those who place their faith in God. Adrian and
Tina specialize in home investigations, and since they've
started done over 400 investigations in which they have
helped hundreds of families through dark times, even when faced
with personal risk. They and their RVPRI team have
been featured on Ghost Adventures when the show
investigated Fort Chaffee Arkansas. Adrian and Tina
were also seen in the movies Soul Catcher and
The Unseen, produced and directed for SyFy by the Booth
Brothers and one of their encounters has been features in
"Seekers," directed by Alan Lowe. They have also been
featured in several books.
www.facebook.com/RVPRI
www.facebook.com/rvpriadrian
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Martha
Hazzard Decker
East Texas Paranormal, Author,
Retired Police Detective &
Assistant Chief of Police
Presentation: Saturday -
12:30 p.m.
Haunted Hill House, Where Spirits Speak
Presentation: Sunday -
10:15 a.m.
Paranormal Profiling 2
  
Martha Hazzard Decker
spent most of her adult life exploring a variety of
locations, including historical locations. A couple
favorites are Ft. Sumter, N.C. and Myrtles Plantation in LA.
Decker tends to look at locations with a different eye than
most because of her photography, law enforcement and
journalist background. She lectures around the country, has
been on numerous radio shows, is a published author and
received a first place award from Associated Press in
specialty reporting for an investigative article while
working at the Cedar Creek Pilot. She has written three books,
Paranormal Profiling, Healing Waters,
Brothels and Murders -
Haunted Hill House, Where Spirits Speak which was released in 2020.
Decker has been involved in
investigating the paranormal since 1999 and
founded East Texas
Paranormal in 2007. She was with the law enforcement in
Texas for over 15 years as a detective, negotiator,
instructor and assistant chief of police when she retired.
She has been on several TV shows.
www.etxhaunted.com
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Maureen Richmond, Ph.D
Astrologer, Author, MUFON Field
Investigator
Un-X Network Show - Starspeak
Presentations:
The Astrology of Ufology and Paranormality
Saturday - 11:45 a.m.
Sunday - 9:30 a.m.
Maureen
Richmond is a MUFON
Field Investigator as well as a professional astrologer and
lifelong student of parapsychology. She has combined
her interests in UFOs, the paranormal, and astrological
influence to produce a new look at the hidden factors at
play during UFO encounters and other paranormal experiences.
With astrological charts cast for UFO sightings, moments of
contact, near death expereinces, spirit journeys,
out-of-body experiences, poltergeist phenomena, hauntings,
and cryptid sightings, Richmond brings to consideration the
workings of the astrological archetypes as formative forces
operating in the background of human experience. Her
research results suggest that moments in time defined by
astrological arrangements often function as portals in
consciousness leading to dimensions other than the
conventional.
Maureen has been active in metaphysics and spirituality
since the 1970s. She has studied research design in
both academic and applied contexts, with particular interest
in the work of parapsychological pioneer, J.B. Rhine and his
legacy.
Maureen holds a Ph.D. from Arkansas State University on
Heritage Studies, a multidisciplinary field covering
history, historic preservation, museum studies, and
folklore. She is the author of two
astrologically-themed novels, "Cathedral of Capricorn"
and "The Scholars of Sagittarius," as well as a
nonfiction study of Paganism. Reports on her work
correlating UFO encounters with astrological factors can be
found at her website, The Astrology of World Events
at,
www.maureenrichmond.substack.com/
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Pat Fitzhugh
Author, Researcher & Paranormal
Adventurer
Presentations:
The Bell Witch
Haunting
Saturday - 9:30 a.m.
Sunday - 12:30 p.m.
Author of, "The Bell Witch
Haunting" the most terrifying legend in American history
that happened 200 years ago..
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Pat Fitzhugh
became interested in the
paranormal as a child. He was seriously researching the
paranormal by the age of 13, and went on his first ghost
hunt 2 years later. Along the way, he developed a keen
interest in Tennessee's local legends, including the Bell
Witch. As an adult, he has investigated some of America's
most haunted locations. A self-described "skeptical
believer," Fitzhugh bases his investigations on scientific
methods and harsh scrutiny of evidence. In addition to
conducting more than thirty investigations each year, he
writes books, lectures at paranormal events and occasionally
appears on paranormal-themed TV shows.
www.patfitzhugh.wordpress.com
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Erik Rintamakii
Founder of
Yooperlites, Michigan
Presentations: Discovering
Yooperlites & 2019 UFO Experience
Saturday & Sunday -
MacArthur Tower Theater
11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m.
 
Erik Rintamaki
is a life long rock hound from
Brimley, Michigan. In 2017
he was picking the shores of Lake Superior at night using
longwave UV Lights and made the discovery of a lifetime.
Every rock pickers dream is to find something new and Erik
did just that. What Erik found was later tested and
verified to be Syenites rich in fluorescent Sodalite, which
he branded
Yooperlites.
Testing was the first
verified occurrence of fluorescent Sodalite in Michigan.
In May of 2018 Erik was credited with the discovery in The
Mineral News of fluorescent Sodalite in Michigan.
In May of 2018 Erik was credited with the discovery in The
Mineral News.
Yooperlites have now become a worldwide phenomena with
thousands of articles and news stories written about them.
In 2018 Yooperlites were features in articles by CBS, NBC,
ABC, Forbes Magazine, The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit
News. In 2019 Erik and Yooperlites were featured in both
the April and May issues of Rock & Gem magazine, and PBS did
a documentary as well.
*While
doing a tour one night on Lake Superior, he had his UFO
experience that changed his life and beliefs.*
In 2020 Erik was featured on Travel Channels,
Paranormal Caught on Camera.
His UFO video was #16 of the top 100 and made it to the
shows finale.
In 2021 Erik was featured on History Channels, The
Proof Is Out There,
Expedition X and Skinwalker Ranch in 2022.
www.yooperlites.com
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