Tinker Swiss Cottage, Veterans Memorial Hall and Haunted Rockford Paranormal Events are proud to present the 2023 Illinois Paranormal Conference
Saturday, August 26, 2023 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Veterans Memorial Hall, 211 N. Main Street, Rockford, Illinois.
Tickets available now! Register Here
The Illinois Paranormal Conference includes speakers and vendors from all aspects of the paranormal
For years, the Illinois Paranormal Conference has been one of the premiere Paranormal events in the Northern Illinois-Southern Wisconsin area. We are very exited to announce the details for the 2023 Illinois Paranormal Conference. The conference brings together many people active in all different aspects of the Paranormal. Meet and speak to our speakers and vendors!
Vendor space registration:
Like last year vendor spaces at the 2023 Conference will be free of charge. Registration for spaces is required, please call Kathi at 815-871-4239.
Timeline of Events
- 10:00 Doors Open
- 10:15 – 10:25 Introductions
- 10:30 – 11:15 Josiah Henson & Steve Bartel, Bartel & Henson Paranormal Investigations
- 11:15 – 11:25 Break
- 11:30 – 12:15 Dean Thompson, Ghost Head Soup
- 12:15 – 12:45 Lunch Break
- 1:00 – 1:45 Dan Norvell, Expedition Entity
- 1:45 – 1:55 Break
- 2:00 – 2:45 Chad Glovier & Travis Dahlhauser, Greater Rockford Apparition & Ghost Group
- 2:45 – 3:00 Break
- 3:00 – 4:00 Cindy Heinan & Randy Sunby, The Society For Anomalous Studies
- 4:00 – 4:10 Break
- 4:10 – 5:00 Dale Kaczmarek, The Ghost Research Society
Note: Join us after the Conference for a Special Post-Conference Event: A Paranormal Investigation of Veterans Memorial Hall (6:00 PM to 9:00 PM). Optional, and additional tickets are required: For more information and to register.
Join us at the 2023 Conference for great speakers, great vendors and a great time!
Hosting the 2023 Illinois Paranormal Conference
Kathi Kresol has worked at the Rockford Public Library for years and loves sharing her enthusiasm for reading in any way possible. After working for some time as a Library …
Samantha Hochmann is a historian by trade and also a paranormal enthusiast. She is the Executive Director of Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum, a widely known paranormal hotspot in the Rockford …
We are very proud to present the speakers for the 2023 Conference
Steve Bartel (left in photo), and Josiah Henson (right) are the owners and operators of Haunted Conover Square Ghost Tours. Steve’s day job is a Mechanical Designer at Collins Aerospace …
Formed in 2011 by Chad Glovier and Travis Dahlhauser, The Greater Rockford Apparition & Ghost Group (GRAGG), is a paranormal investigation team based in Rockford, Illinois. The GRAGG team travels …
Cindy Heinen and Randy Sunby are members of the Society for Anomalous Studies (SAS), a paranormal cooperative based out of Janesville, Wisconsin. Founded in 2011, SAS’s mission is to support …
Dale Kaczmarek is President of the Ghost Research Society and director of Excursions into the Unknown, Inc., the only year-round ghost tour of haunted Chicagoland locations. Kaczmarek has been actively …
Dan Norvell and Larry Eissler III partnered up as Small Town Paranormal in 2010 and the Ghosthunter Dan Norvell Project in 2012; however, Dan has been investigating the paranormal since …
Dean Thompson is a paranormal researcher with a passion for validating historical facts, and collecting some pretty strange evidence along the way. He’s been collecting data for over 15 years, …
Other Vendors at the Conference
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Wolf Hollow Oddities Gift Shoppe