Speaker 1: If you love ghosts, cryptids, UFOs, and everything that goes
Speaker 1: up in the night, then mark your calendars for the
Speaker 1: West Kentucky Paranormal Expo, happening September twenty six in Mayfield,
Speaker 1: Kentucky at the Mayfield Graves County Fairgrounds. This incredible one
Speaker 1: day event brings together some of the biggest names in
Speaker 1: the paranormal community, including Aaron G. Thompson from Netflix is
Speaker 1: twenty eight Days Haunted, Jimmy and Jeffrey from Outlaw Paranormal,
Speaker 1: The Wind of Rose, Josh Morris, Michael Huntington, Rachel Ravensville,
Speaker 1: and many many more special guests and speakers. Your missions
Speaker 1: just fifteen dollars and that gets you an all day
Speaker 1: come and go wristband so you can explore at your
Speaker 1: own pace. Vowels more than thirty five vendors, enjoy delicious
Speaker 1: food trucks, attend speaker presentations and panels, meet investigators, hear
Speaker 1: incredible stories, and dive into the worlds of hauntings, cryptids, UFOs,
Speaker 1: and the unexplained. Whether you're a seasoned ghost hunter are
Speaker 1: just curious about the mysteries that surround us, there's something
Speaker 1: for everyone at the West Kentucky Panormal Expo.
Speaker 2: Tickets are oll and sale now.
Speaker 1: For more information, visit West Kentucky Paranormal Expo on Facebook
Speaker 1: and get ready for one of the most exciting paranormal
Speaker 1: events of the year. We'll see you in Mayfield on
Speaker 1: September twenty sixth. Welcome back to Southern ghost Stories. I'm
Speaker 1: the American Haunt Story in Alan Sercy. So know what
Speaker 1: you're thinking, Hey, Alan, You're doing a show on Thursday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well sort of.
Speaker 1: Kind of anyway, you guys know, On Monday, I do
Speaker 1: it from the vault, an older episode. On Tuesdays usually
Speaker 1: had Tennessee Tales stories from the volunteer state, and then
Speaker 1: Wednesday and Friday or the normal shows just ghost stories
Speaker 1: from New Orleans and New Jersey everywhere in between. I
Speaker 1: got all these kinds of all these books I've written,
Speaker 1: just stories and wild tales I've unearthed. So Thursday today
Speaker 1: I'm giving you guys an update. I'm announcing the winner
Speaker 1: of the Creepy Con contest. You guys know, I asked
Speaker 1: for some reviews to get at a Grandpas. Winner had
Speaker 1: a drawing anyway, So I'll be at Creepy Con this
Speaker 1: weekend July thirty first through August second, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Speaker 1: So in jution with Creepycon, I got a pair of
Speaker 1: tickets giveaway. So the winner of the drawing is mister
Speaker 1: Keith Henson.
Speaker 2: So I'm excited. I spoke to Keith already.
Speaker 1: I've reached out send the QR code and he'll be
Speaker 1: hopefully attending this weekend at Creepy Come So while I'm
Speaker 1: on here, Creepy com Man, it's gonna be a really
Speaker 1: fun show. If you guys have never been, it's one
Speaker 1: of the biggest horror conventions in Tennessee. They have a
Speaker 1: bunch of guests this year. Vey Nail, she's a real
Speaker 1: big makeup artist. She does all the big movies. I
Speaker 1: think she had a reality show for a while. Ra
Speaker 1: Mayloff he was in Texas Chainsaw Masacre Part three. There's
Speaker 1: some bands there, Twisted Gwar. I remember Gwar was huge
Speaker 1: back in the nineties when I was a little bit younger.
Speaker 1: But some of the most notable folks there, Bill Mosley,
Speaker 1: he was in Texas.
Speaker 2: Jamesawmasker too. He's been a whole bunch of other things.
Speaker 1: House a thousand corpses, Keen Hodter is gonna be there
Speaker 1: from Friday thirteenth. He's done a handful of those films.
Speaker 1: He was Jason. He was a guy into the hockey mask.
Speaker 1: So you can come meet these guys. Maysal Ramirez, she
Speaker 1: was in Cursa La Laarna. That was a big movie
Speaker 1: a few years ago. One person I'm kind of excited
Speaker 1: for Michael Berryman. He was in The Hills Have Eyes.
Speaker 1: He's been in a whole bunch of horror movies. He's
Speaker 1: got a real unique look. He's done really well for himself.
Speaker 1: Felisa Rose will be there. She's also a huge icon
Speaker 1: in the heart industry. She's probably done man two dozen
Speaker 1: horror films I guess since the eighties.
Speaker 2: But yeah, she's huge. She's insanely popular.
Speaker 1: I've been doing shows from Kentucky to Saint Louis, Middle Tennessee,
Speaker 1: and Felisa Rose always has fans just coming out to
Speaker 1: greet her.
Speaker 2: She's in sleep Away Camp horror icon. But anyway, those
Speaker 2: are some.
Speaker 1: Of the major names. She's a handful of others. Tim Jacobus,
Speaker 1: he was the illustrator for Goosebumps. I think he created
Speaker 1: the covers back in the nineties for those books. But anyway,
Speaker 1: there's a handful of other celebrities gonna be there. You
Speaker 1: can come, get your pictures, you get autographs. I'll actually
Speaker 1: be there in the Southern Ghost Stories booth signing my books.
Speaker 1: And if you guys listen to the show, I'm sure
Speaker 1: you know I have two Knoxville books, for two Knoxville
Speaker 1: adjacent books. Well, one is it's Southern Ghost Stories Knoxville,
Speaker 1: just the ghost stories of Knoxville.
Speaker 2: There's Grave Robin.
Speaker 1: There's a Frankenstein story in Knoxville. Do you guys know
Speaker 1: that they're trying to buy bodies back in eighteen hundreds?
Speaker 1: You guys know me the Galvanism, the Frankenstein stuff just right.
Speaker 2: Up my alley.
Speaker 1: But Knoxville, it's an old town, all kinds of wild history.
Speaker 1: I'll be signing in Southern Ghost Stories Knoxville. Also, I'll
Speaker 1: have hext my Voodoo Doctor book. While I was working
Speaker 1: on the Knoxville book, I found this story of this
Speaker 1: voodoo doctor in Knoxville who during the Great Depression was
Speaker 1: running a pro voodoo shop out of his apartment complex.
Speaker 1: And it's a wild, crazy tale. Lost it twists and turns,
Speaker 1: but he ends up feuding with his neighbor who's a
Speaker 1: piano teacher and his wife. And if you've seen the
Speaker 1: over for the book hext you can tell it doesn't
Speaker 1: work out very.
Speaker 2: Well for one of them. But anyway, just want to
Speaker 2: invite you guys, got to come to Knoxville.
Speaker 1: Creepy Gun. It's always a big time. My buddy Ben
Speaker 1: from Maustrell City maathouse dot com is there. You've heard
Speaker 1: me run the ads. You know, he runs a great
Speaker 1: apparel company. He's also a really good guy. Him and
Speaker 1: his dad, great people. They'll be there if he'll be
Speaker 1: selling his shirts. Lots of great vendors, all kinds of celebrities.
Speaker 1: There's a screenplay competition. I actually headed that up this year.
Speaker 1: There's a film festival. You can watch the films throughout
Speaker 1: the weekend. Yeah, man, it's come out to Knoxville. It's
Speaker 1: if you know where downtown Knoxville is, the Big Sunsphere,
Speaker 1: the Convention Center, that's where it is. If you're downtown,
Speaker 1: you see the Sun's fear walk towards it and you
Speaker 1: really can't miss us. But it's July thirty, first through
Speaker 1: August the second, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and I'll be
Speaker 1: there all three days, so come find me, and I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to meeting some of you guys. I did
Speaker 1: the show in Lexton back in early June to met
Speaker 1: a handful of y'all there.
Speaker 2: So y'all come Knoxville. It's gonna be a really fun show.
Speaker 1: And I know it's kind a short rely episode or
Speaker 1: it's a little mini update, I guess you'd call it,
Speaker 1: but uh.
Speaker 2: Check back tomorrow. I got another episode coming.
Speaker 1: Tomorrow and a lot more is in the works. Mean
Speaker 1: we're getting close to October. So anyway, thanks guys, I'll
Speaker 1: see you guys in Knoxville.
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