Guest Speakers
October 25th & 26th, 2025
Ken Gerhard
Cryptozoologist, Researcher, Author
Presentations:
Saturday: Essential Guide to
Bigfoot
Sunday: 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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Lyle
Blackburn
Author, Podcaster &
Cryptid Researcher
Presentations: Saturday & Sunday
"The Beast of Boggy Creek", Arkansas's Famous Bigfoot
 
Lyle Blackburn
is a native Texan known for his
work as an author, podcaster, and cryptid researcher.
His early attraction to cryptid creatures and strange
phenomena has resulted in a lifelong exploration of these
subjects. Lyle has written several acclaimed books,
including "The Beast of Boggy Creek" and "Texas Bigfoot,"
which offer a balanced view of topics while delivering
gripping accounts of real-life mysteries. His research
into The Legend of Boggy Creek reports in
particular, has been instrumental in preserving the history
of this notable Bigfoot case.
Lyle is a frequent quest on radio programs such as Coast
to Coast AM, and has contributed to the production of
ten documentaries by Small Town Monsters film company.
Lyle has also appeared on numerous television shows,
including Expedition X, The Unexplained, Monsters and
Mysteries in America, Strange Evidence, and Finding Bigfoot.
When Lyle isn't writing books,
researching cryptids, or creating episodes of his Monstro
Bizarro podcast, he can found speaking at various
cryptozoology and paranormal conferences around the United
States. Just look for the trademark black cowboy hat.
www.lyleblackburn.com
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Debbie Ziegelmeyer
MUFON Business Board of
Directors, Mufon Director of Underwater Research and Recovery,
MUFON Missouri State Director, MUFON Star Team Investigator, Benefactor
and
Inner Circle Member, MUFON Archivist & Author
Presentations:
Saturday - Deep Water Alien Residents,
The Cover-Up
Sunday -
50th Anniversary of the SE Missouri
Ozarks UFO Flap
 
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
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 Triangle," 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."
Debbie was on Ancient Aliens, "The
UFO Superhighway" March, 2024 and will also be a
speaker at the 2024 MUFON Symposium.
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Carol Pate
Psychic
Presentation: My life as a Psychic
& Open Gallery Discussion
Saturday & Sunday - 3:45 p.m.
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, Author
Co-Founder of Arkansas Primates
Evidence Society, Author of Laughsquatch Cartoons and Arkansas Bigfoot
Alliance
of Independent Bigfoot Researchers Board
Presentations:
Bigfoot In
Arkansas &
Open Gallery Discussion
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. 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. Robert
is the artist of the Laughsquatch cartoons and is the author of,
"Laughsquatch: Is In The Bag!" His new book, "Arkansas Bigfoot" will be
released October, 2024.
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Adrian & Tina Scalf
Sponsor
Founders of River Valley
Paranormal Research & Investigations (RVPRI),
AMOK Podcast
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.
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.
You can find Adrian on AMOK podcast every Tuesday at 7:00
p.m.
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
Haunted Hill House, Where Spirits Speak
Presentation: Sunday
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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Pat Fitzhugh
Author, Researcher & Paranormal
Adventurer
Presentations:
The Bell Witch
Haunting
Author of, "The Bell Witch
Haunting" the most terrifying legend in American history
that happened 200 years ago..
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Pat Fitzhugh
has been researching the paranormal and Tennessee's
"Bell Witch" case for 46 years. In addition to his work with
"Bell Witch," he has studied, investigated, and written
about some of America's most haunted locations. A
self-described "balanced researcher," his research and
investigations are driven by fact-finding, scientific
methods, and harsh scrutiny of evidence.
He has penned two books on the Bell Witch: "The Bell Witch
Haunting" and "The Bell Witch - The Full Account." He
also wrote "Ghostly Cries From Dixie," a collection and
analysis of stories and locations around the American
Southeast. He also was a contributing author to Barnes
and Noble Press "Weird U.S.," and penned the foreward to
Lori Crane's "The Legend of Stuckey Bridge," an Amazon
bestseller. He also has numerous radio, movie, and TV
credits, including the motion piocture, "An American
Haunting," A&E's "Cursed" series and Small Town Monsters'
movie, "The Mark of the Bell Witch."
When he's not chasing ghosts in the woods, Pat enjoys
playing guitar, talking on his ham radio, and flying planes.
He lives in Nashville with his daughter and a cool bearded
dragon.
www.patfitzhugh.wordpress.com
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Althea Watson
Psychic
Presentations: NDE (Near Death Experiences)
Saturday & Sunday
MacArthur Tower Theater
Althea Watson
started sensing and
communicating with the spiritual world before she was seven
years old. She has had two Near-Death Experiences,
many Spiritually Transformaive Experiences and Out of Body
Experiences. Her abilities include Clairvoyance;
Clairaudience; Mediumship; Energy Medicine; Psychometry;
Tracking Energy for Environmental Investigations; Chakra
Balancing & Analysis and Reiki. She has entered
dimensions and brought back information that has been
validated.
Aside from lecturing and teaching, Althea maintains a
private practice which includes long distance and office
visits. Althea has been recognized for her insights in
health and personal awareness issues.
Althea has conducted Energy Medicine Sessions for
crisis,cancer and aids centers. She has been a consultant
for businesses including Fortune 500 members. Apart
from being written about, she has worked as a writer and
consultant for articles, books and films. She is a
guest speaker for national and international organizations
for live events and online audio and web conferencing
platforms.
www.altheawatsonpsychic.com
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Keith Age
Founder and President of the
Louisville Ghost Hunters Society,
Producer, Director, Musician
Presentations:
Bourbon Spirits -Exclusive First
Episode of
Upcoming Ghosthunting Series
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Keith Age
has been called "The Legendary
Rock-n-Roll Ghost Hunter," mostly because he has over
30 years of experience in paranormal research and because he
has been a professional musician even longer. He is
also the Founder and President of the Louisville Ghost
Hunters Society, which was formed in 1996 and has over 4000
members worldwide.
Beyond hearing Keith Age on hundreds of radio stations
internationally and speaking at numerous conventions
annually, he is the Host and Associate Producer of Booth
Brothers, "Spooked TV" a highly acclaimed
documentary Spooked series. The series includes, "Spooked,
Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium," "Children of the
Grave," "The Possessed," "The Haunted Boy: The Secret Diary
of the Exorcist case," Soul Catcher," "Trail of
Fears," "Children of the Grave II" and the "Unseen."
All which air on SyFy Channel & Chiller TV. He
also has been on several networks for his expertise, and
other documentaries such as "Creepy Canada and Ghosts of
Galena."
He is also in the process of producing and directing some of
his own upcoming documentaries, coming your way....soon.
www.louisvilleghs.com
www.facebook.com/keithage
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