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Saturday, May 30, 2009 from 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM (ET)
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Susan Sheppard- Psychic Medium
Not only is Susan Sheppard the creator of the Haunted Parkersburg Ghost Tours, she is also well respected for her abilities as a psychic medium. She has worked as psychic and a spiritualist medium since age fourteen and as a paranormal investigator for the last decade. This came about when her friends overheard a well-known psychic tell Susan that she, too, had "the gift" and should use her special abilities to help others. This was no surprise to Susan's family who had witnessed her uncanny abilities since early childhood.
Her West Virginia childhood might have some bearing on her interest in the paranormal. Sheppard is "Black Dutch," meaning she is descended from the less than 850 Shawnee Indians who remained east of the Mississippi River after the other Shawnee (during the "Trial of Tears" removal) were forced onto reservations out west in the 1830s. Susan, along with others in the Friend family, is a direct descendent of Shawnee Chief Big Thunder through his daughter, Bright Lightning, whose name was anglicized to "Anna Friend."
Susan grew up just a few hills away from the first sighting of the famous West Virginia Mothman. It was during this time that Sheppard’s family home underwent a great deal of paranormal activity sparking her interest in the unknown while tapping into her natural psychic talents. However, Sheppard has had direct communications with spirits of her Native American ancestors since around age four when she met the ghosts of two Indian braves on the hillside above her grandparent's house in broad daylight. Though very small, she understood the braves to be both her ancestors and her guides. Ms. Sheppard’s adolescence was spent partly doing psychic readings along with school work and sometimes working with local law enforcement on missing person cases. She later grew up with the aspirations of becoming a published author and an artist, both of which she achieved. Sheppard has authored a number of popular books which are sold worldwide and has continued with her art in many venues. Her poetry alone has won many prestigious awards.
Susan has never strayed from her interests in the spirit world and has continued to work in the field as a medium, as well as a practicing astrologer. In the last few years she has worked primarily as a psychic medium and a paranormal investigator on various ghost hunts and investigations. She also leads séances, does clearings and performs platform style readings before the public for which she is the most famous in her area.
Last year, Susan was featured on the ABC Family Channel’s popular show “Scariest Places on Earth” as a psychic medium at the Shawnee Amusement Park in Bluefield, West Virginia. She has previously taught “Be Your Own Psychic” classes at the Self-Health & Awareness Center and continues appear before audiences and live television as a psychic medium.
Not only is Susan an exceptional psychic, she is knowledgeable in the field of the unknown. She remains up-to-date on the latest developments in research concerning the paranormal. Contact her at sheppard@wirefire.com
John Sabol
AS SEEN ON PARANORMAL STATE!
www.ghostexcavator.com and http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoqapc/ghostexcavator.
John Sabol is a cultural anthropologist, historical archaeologist, actor, and ghost excavator. He has been participating in, and supervising, field investigations since high school. He has conducted archaeological research in England, Germany, Mexico, and the United States. He has done ethnographic fieldwork in Chiapas State, and in the Yucatan, Mexico. He has appeared in more than 25 films, including “Dune”, “Conan the Destroyer”, “Rambo II”, “Falcon and the Snowman”, and the James Bond classic, “License to Kill”. He has also appeared in numerous TV series, documentaries, and educational TV. He has taught cultural anthropology in the Graduate School of the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, and in various colleges in Mexico City. He has conducted ghost excavations in Winchester, England, and in the United States at Gettysburg, Eastern State in Philadelphia, Rolling Hills in New York, throughout Pennsylvania, and at various locations in the cities of Knoxville (Tennessee), New Orleans, San Antonio, Santa Fe, and in the Black Hills of South Dakota. He is the author of six books: “Ghost Excavator”, “Ghost Culture”, “Gettysburg Unearthed”, “Battlefield Hauntscape”, the “Anthracite Coal Region: An Archaeology of its Haunting Presence”, and “The Politics of Presence: Haunting Performances on the Gettysburg Battlefield” . He is currently writing three books: “Bodies of Substance, Fragments of Memories: An Archaeological Sensitivity to Ghostly Presence”; “Phantom Gettysburg: Alternative Histories on a Civil War Battlefield”; and “Ghost-Speak: Communicating with a Haunting Presence”. His approach to hauntings is participant-observation, based on the application of peripatetic video surveys and overlays, supplemented by positional archaeological surveys, ethnographic research, and soundscape analysis.
Sharon Kincaid
Sharon Kincaid is the founder of Southern Atlantic Paranormal (based out of Lexington SC) and the SC State Ambassador of WWPRC (World Wide Paranormal Reporting Center).
Sharon had her first paranormal experience at the early age of 12. It was because of this experience that she embarked on her journey to discover the who, what, why, and how of the paranormal.
Sharon has dedicated her life to understanding the nature of the paranormal. By doing so Sharon will do what she can to push the study of paranormal in to a true field of science.
Along with being a paranormal investigator Sharon is loving wife and a mother to 3 lovely children. Sharon is also a traveling Ultrasound Technologist in which she travels all over the United States. She uses this experience to network with other paranormal groups across the US and uses the knowledge of others to help improve her group and other groups she encounters
Shawn Kelly- Pittsburgh Paranormal Society
Shawn Kelly (Big Boss and Founder of Pittsburgh Paranormal Society) was introduced to the metaphysical field in 1985. After a trip to Gettysburg in 1992, he began his passion for investigating the paranormal world. Shawn founded the Pittsburgh Paranormal Society in early 2006. PPS consist of about 13 members and uses various equipment to conduct their investigations. To date PPS has conducted well over 100 investigations. Shawn's motto is "We will respect what you believe in, as long as you respect what we believe in"
Joey Ward
Joey Ward is the Founder and Director of the West Georgia Paranormal Research Society...a team of scientific paranormal researchers founded in December of 2005. Before that, Joey's own personal experiences led him into the study and research of the paranormal…where he has been an active investigator for over 7 years.
His area of concentration deals with the scientific explanation of paranormal activity as it relates to quantum science and thermodynamics. Joey’s personal approach to paranormal investigations focuses on the human aspect, which is the importance of managing the investigation process from the human (client) perspective as an integral part of the overall investigation. Investigators who are successful at understanding, accepting, and working with the emotional, physical, psychological, and religious needs of the client will be far more effective at resolving paranormal issues. Clients need to feel that they are just as important to the success of an investigation as any evidence obtained, and they need to be coached and empowered by the paranormal team to help them regain control of their lives.
Joey is currently active as a guest on Internet and FM paranormal radio across the U.S., having appeared on over 50 radio shows across the United States, Canada, and Europe. He currently is a panel member of Haunted Voices Radio’s “Tuesday Night Education Show for the Paranormal” broadcast weekly. He has also been a guest speaker at conventions such as Ghostock in Savannah, Georgia, OmegaCon in Birmingham, Alabama, and ParaNexus in Tampa, Florida.
Rie Sadler
is not only an author, but she is also a founding member of EPR, Eastern Paranormal Research, in Accokeek, Maryland, as well as the case manager for PRISMd, Paranormal Research and Investigation Society of Maryland, in Catonsville, Maryland. In addition to a number of private residences & businesses, Rie has investigated such places as the Lizzie Borden House, the Dr. Samuel Mudd House, Waverly Hills Sanatorium, various locations in Williamsburg and Jamestown, Virginia, the former West Virginia State Penitentiary, Eastern State Penitentiary, Fort Mifflin, as well as locations in Gettysburg, just to name a few. She volunteers her time at Point Lookout Lighthouse, one of the most haunted lighthouses in America, several times throughout the year in hosting other groups that wish to conduct investigations of the premises. A native Annapolitan, Rie’s first book, Anne Arundel County Ghosts, is due out in early 2009 with a second currently untitled book to follow shortly thereafter. Her first book covers stories and legends of the supernatural from the Annapolis area up to the Baltimore City line. A former features writer for Capital-Gazette Newspapers, Rie has wanted to capture the tales of the supernatural that lie in her own backyard in book form for as long as she can remember. These stories, combined with her love of history, fueled her passion for paranormal research and she feels fortunate to have worked with a number of fellow investigators from across the country.
Visit her web sites at: www.easternparanormalresearch.com, www.freewebs.com/prismd, www.myspace.com/rie_sadler
Kury McCoy- Author of White Things
Kurt McCoy a life resident of West Virginia has spent all his life exploring things out of the norm. He holds a Masters in English From West Virginia University. Kurt is also currently working for West Virginia University as a Program Assistant. Recently completing his book "White Things", Kurt enjoy spreading the word of legends and stories retold. He will be engaging in a open panel discussion at the conference and presenting his book.
Jess Kopyta- Co-Founder of Atha Paranormal Group, Medium, Pyschic Intuitive
Jess is a medium and psychic intuitive/sensitive. She has been experiencing spiritual interactions since she was a child. Over the past 6 years she has learned how to use her abilities to contact and communicate with spirits. She has lead several investigations in the Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, including an investigation of the famous Antietam Battlefield.
Jess has spent the last two years in a private university studying psychology and recently change her life path and is now a full time cosmology student. With a background in the psychology Jess stresses the importance of dreams in the spiritual world and the strong bridge between the two.
Rev. Anthony Atha- Conference Director, Found of APG Conferences LLC At a young age he experienced that others did not. He accepted early on that paranormal beings and thing existed in this realm. Since then he has done extensive research on communication with spirits. He recently completed a short book entitled “Building a Bridge: A Guide to Spirit Communication” with his fiancée. The book is exclusively offered on CD and available at www.site.apgconference.com. Anthony is an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church Monastery. He has led various paranormal investigations in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Currently, Anthony is enrolled at West Virginia University as senior management student. He plans to pursue and MBA after his graduation in 2009. Anthony has facilitated the Morgantown Paranormal Conference, the Western Pennsylvania Paranormal Conference, and now the Eastern Panhandle Paranormal Conference along with psychic medium events in the West Virginia area. He enjoys bringing paranormal exposure to areas that have not had an opportunity to meet others with interest in the supernatural. Anthony likes to stress methodology of communication with spirits and explore different methods of handling unwanted spirits. He also enjoys researching different types of divination. His choice method of divination is tarot, which he offers sometimes at conferences or by request. Outside of his paranormal interest, Anthony is highly involved with the American Cancer Society. He co-chaired the University Relay For Life this past year, and is now the chairman of the next event. His passion for business has led him to win various competitions including a GE sponsored interview competition, and a entrepreneurial based competitions in which he pitched his current company APG Conferences LLC. To contact Anthony directly, email him at APGConferences@gmail.com or call him at 202.280.2556. 
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