Home from Haunted American Ghost Conference in Decatur (IL)

Pat and I just returned to town, filled up on Chinese food, and plan to take it easy.  But we had a great time at the Haunted American Ghost Conference in Decatur.  I got a few interviews, caught all the presentations, Pat and I had dinner at Jimmie Johns sandwich shop yesterday evening with Leslie Rule, writer of two books on ghosts and daughter of true crime writer of Ann Rule (it was Leslie who told her mother that she recognized the guy later convicted of being the Green River Killer from one of Ann's lectures and, during her presentation yesterday morning, she described how she was introduced to her mom's friend, Ted Bundy, later arrested and ultimately convicted of being a serial killer).  Leslie also talked about haunted sites around the country, there was a presentation by Nick Redfern on chupacabras of Puerto Rico, Craig Telesa with an outstanding discussion on high-tech ghost hunting, some startling video showing the face of a ghost appearing in a window and another peeking down the stairway from around a corner and more.  Picked up a few books, two T-shirts as well as a conference T-shirt (black, of course, with white lettering), ate too much, Pat won two mounted souvenirs: a rock from the Gatewy to Hell in the cemetery of Stull, Kansas, where the devil traditionally appears in person twice a year and a rock from the Bell witch cave, had a fine time.

I will write a detailed story tomorrow on the ghost conference.