Sep 202012
 

Scott Markus grew up in Mundelein, IL, and graduated from Columbia College in Chicago with a Bachelor’s Degree in Writing and Producing for Television.

Markus began working in the paranormal field through a documentary on the most haunted locations in Chicago in 1999. He released a book on the subject in 2003, which was re-released in 2008, published by Thunder Bay Press. In 2008 Markus began producing and co-hosting the radio show “The Mothership Connection” with Dobie Maxwell on WLIP 1050-AM. That radio show on the paranormal is still on the air every Sunday night from 8PM to midnight.

Markus’s career in film/video production began in 1997, when still in high school by creating corporate videos. After college, Markus moved to Hawaii where he worked on “Lost,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” and three seasons of the Discovery Kids series, “Flight 29 Down.” In Chicago, he worked on “Dark Knight,” “Prison Break,” “Stranger than Fiction,” and other major motion pictures.

Markus has been living in Los Angeles for the past four years, working as a freelance camera operator and film editor while also researching west coast ghost stories for another upcoming book.

Sep 202012
 

Since 1997, 10 young men have died after a night of drinking in La Crosse, their bodies eventually found in the Mississippi River. Nearly all of the cases have been ruled an accident. However, the regularity of the deaths and the strange coincidences between them have led to multiple investigations by state and local law enforcement and two FBI. One theory postulated by these investigators is that there is a serial killer involved.

Private investigations are ongoing. While the serial killer theory is plausible, it doesn’t seem to fit every death, leaving the surviving family members to wonder where the truth is in this series of ‘accidents.’

Retired La Crosse Chief Deputy Medical Examiner, Neil Sanders, explains, “we’ve explored every possible angle when looking at these deaths except one – the paranormal.”

Sanders contacted Jay Bachochin of Wisconsin Paranormal Investigators (WPI) to conduct an investigation into possible paranormal causes of these deaths.

WPI followed up on a theory involving the 1870 sinking of the steamboat, The War Eagle, which resulted in seven deaths, including that of a college-aged woman, Mary Ulrich. One possible theory is that the ghost of this young woman is still crying for help in the river. The young men, their psychic receptors aided by alcohol, are able to hear her cries and go into the river in an attempt to save her, eventually succumbing to the dangerous currents of the Mississippi River.

On two occasions, WPI conducted investigations on the river from a boat anchored over the wreckage of The War Eagle. This type of paranormal investigation is very rare and may even have even been the first of its kind.

WPI also spoke with elders in the Native American community to learn their opinions of these deaths. Riverside Park in La Crosse serves as the last place several of the victims were seen alive and where several of the bodies were found. There have been major Native American atrocities have occurred in the area (like the 1832 Battle of Bad Axe) and it is considered sacred land by the Native community.

Aug 202012
 

While filming a haunted asylum in St. Louis, Missouri, documentary filmmakers uncover a secret diary of the infamous 1949 exorcism involving a 13 year old boy possessed by the devil that later inspired the book and movie “The Exorcist”. Utilizing hi-tech paranormal gadgetry along with a legion of supernatural experts they search out to capture the scariest entity known to man, “The Unholy Ghost”. 

Nothing you have ever seen or heard before gets you closer to the ungodly truth of what really happened in this most terrifying, best selling story of all time! This is the untold-real story of “The Exorcist”, a chronicle of true events based on the actual priest’s secret diary the world was not to see, Until Now! 

For the first time ever, investigate the real ‘Exorcist’ house and the infamous Haunted Boy’s bedroom where this horrific possession and exorcism occurred. Battle demons while exploring ancient churches and asylums with the last surviving eyewitness priests. See never-before-seen case files, historical events, paranormal evidence from world renown supernatural experts. Exclusive interviews with the actual Exorcist’s and the Haunted Boy’s blood line. 

THE HAUNTED BOY, The Secret Diary Of The Exorcist. Based On The Real Exorcist Diary By Rev. Raymond Bishop, S.J. A new paranormal documentary film from The Booth Brothers, (Spooked, Children of the Grave, The Possessed, Death Tunnel as seen on SyFy, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures). 

Aug 202012
 

Unbirthday at Middleboro Town Hall

3 brave girls staring darkness in the face and doing it in style. This all female team of paranormal investigators test “Tough vs Brave” as they bring WMMA star Tisha Rodrigues from the cage to the darkness to celebrate Tina’s “Unbirthday”at Middleboro Town Hall, where reports of paranormal activity are known to occur during times of celebration. Follow PXP through one of the most historic buildings near the birthplace of America and witness some of the most compelling evidence of intelligent and residual spirit activity that is in existence.

Aug 202012
 

Take a spooky trip with Debbie Rochon and Sebrina Siegel into Tennessee’s bloody and violent haunted history, from Civil War skirmishes to entertainment-industry tragedies. Through tales of spectral encounters, meet the Bell Witch, Old Green Eyes, the Lady In White, and more. GHOSTS OF TENNESSEE is based on the best-selling book, “Tennessee Ghosts,” from Schiffer Publishing. Critics say: “A must-see for fans of history and the paranormal.” — The Dead Among Us “Informational and fun!” — Daily Paranormal News

Aug 082012
 

Imagine waking up one otherwise normal day to be told you are the direct descendant of the Doctor of Death and the Prince of Darkness. That Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer and most prolific mass murderer, the very embodiment of evil, the devil personified, is your Great-Great Grandfather.

What would you have done upon learning your ancestor may have been ‘Jack the Ripper’, and was the real-life Hannibal Lecter? You would have done exactly what Jeff Mudgett (author of Bloodstains) did and gone on a quest to unearth the truth, writing about a series of dark and dangerous adventures, no questions barred, to determine his ancestry. The resulting story shatters significant chunks of history as we know it.

The Afterlife Paranormal Conference welcome Jeff just a couple short weeks after a historic never before attempted paranormal investigation at the location of the Holmes Murder Castle!  Might we see some evidence collected by Mudgett’s “A-Team of Paranormal Investigators”?  You will have to attend to find out!

www.BloodstainsTheBook.com

Aug 082012
 

Dale Kaczmarek is President of the Ghost Research Society, Newsletter, editor of Ghost Trackers Newsletter, and director of Excursions Into The Unknown, Inc., the only year-round ghost tour of haunted Chicagoland locations. Dale Kaczmarek is also the author of “Windy City Ghosts”, “Windy City Ghosts II”, “A Field Guide to Spirit Photography” and “Illuminating the Darkness: The Mystery of Spooklights”. Ghost Research Society www.ghostresearch.org
Kaczmarek has been actively investigating ghosts, hauntings and poltergeist phenomena since 1975 and is active in a number of organizations including: American Association for Electronic Voice Phenomena, Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, International Fortean Organization and the prestigious Ghost Club of England.

His website Ghost Research Society www.ghostresearch.org is one of the most active of its kind anywhere in the world.

Kaczmarek has appeared in numerous books, publications, newspapers and periodicals. He has been a guest on “Oprah”, “Encounters”, “Sightings”, “The Other Side”, “Rolanda”, “Mysteries Magic and Miracles”, “Exploring the Unknown”, and was called on by the “Discovery Channel” to help produce and appear in two segments; “Real Ghosthunters” and “Phantom Photos”.

Jan 212012
 

Michael Morlock knew from the time he was a young boy that he was different. While other children were out playing silly kid’s games, Michael was busy exploring the deep, dark secrets of his Uncle’s closet. The things he found there had a profound effect on Michael’s developing mind and steered him forever onto a road of strange events and unnatural occurrences.

Join Michael as he investigates all manner of supernatural phenomena, from Corporate Vampires, to Ghost Chickens and everything in between. If you are willing to watch with an open mind, you will learn more than you ever wanted to know about the dark corners of our world. Michael Morlock, American Hero, or deeply troubled individual. You decide.

www.BoomstickFilms.com

Jan 162012
 

The film’s content deals with the question, “What happened to the alien bodies that were recovered from the 1947 Roswell incident?” It not only asks this question, but also answers it with images that will shock and horrify the viewing audience in such a profound way that one will need to carefully reassess their beliefs in extraterrestrial life. This film is not a documentary/mock-documentary, meaning that the people in the footage did NOT intend to investigate or see what they saw and experienced. Many people mistake it as such because they have not seen the footage for themselves. But for further clarification, the couple seen in the footage was on a vacation, not an expedition to find/see an alien. While in theory it appears similar to “The Blair Witch Project” or “Paranormal Activity”, please note that the latest trailer, as seen on YouTube, is not necessarily a chronological depiction of the footage.  www.UnawareFootage.com

Jan 162012
 

The residents of Planet Z have become angered by Earth’s treatment of it’s distant relatives, the lobsters of the sea. Mysterious headaches begin to haunt the humans, and televisions all over the globe are starting to malfunction. When flying saucers are noticed by Earth’s citizens to be hovering around in the skies, the President of the United States (Ray Sofia) must put together a team to investigate the situation. He calls on Donald (Jack Guasta), his best agent, and Barry (Scott McSorley), his right hand man, to eliminate the threat. Donald is asked to travel to Chicago, where he is to meet with Lt. Jacobson (Jay Howell) and confront the aliens, but little does he know that the Ruler of the Lobster Men (Michael Schmid) and his cronie (Chad Foor) have no intentions to negotiate. Unfortunately for the world, the green lobster men from planet Z have already moved into phase four. From the mind of Patrick Love, 4Lizard Productions brings you this tribute to Ed Wood and B-Movie fans everywhere who have been waiting for that next cult film to add to their collections. Also starring Nissa Inhulsen, Will Cummings III, Josh Ryder, Erin Rigney, Nick Rees, Phranque Wright, Steve Hladik, Rahul Thakkar, and Jimi Gambill, ‘Green Lobster Men From Planet Z’ may just make you think about your own destruction the next time you have drawn butter and lobster on your dinner plate.  www.4lizardproductions.com