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Featured Guests &

PRESENTERS

Meet Your Presenters

Welcome to the Symposium of Spirits!

Meet your Featured Guests and Presenters

who will guide you on your adventure at the haunted Glen Tavern Inn.

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Featured Guest

Patti Negri

Patti Negri, Psychic-Medium and "Good Witch" is best known for her recurring role on the Travel Channel & Discovery Plus's #1 show GHOST ADVENTURES and the #1 paranormal show on YouTube TFIL OVERNIGHT with Elton Castee. She is the international bestselling author of OLD WORLD MAGICK FOR THE MODERN WORLD: TIPS, TRICKS, & TECHNIQUES TO BALANCE, EMPOWER, & CREATE A LIFE YOU LOVE and her already popular just released book from Lewellyn called DOLLCRAFT about Haunted Dolls and magical poppets.

Patti's body of work includes appearances on dozens of shows from Portals To Hell, MASTER CHEF, WipeOut and America’s Got Talent to Influencers, YouTubers and crossover talents like Lilly Singh, LaurDIY, Good Mythical Morning and AwesomenessTV. 

She has graced numerous magazine covers, contributed to over 20 books and conducted seances on radio, film, and TV working with such legends as Emma Stone, Jon Voight, Meghan Trainor and Gregory Hines. 

Patti has a popular award-winning weekly podcast called The Witching Hour and has a second weekly podcast, The Witch's Movie Coven.  Patti is a founding partner and Vice President of Paraflixx.com Streaming Service, and founding partner and Headmistress at UniversityMagickus.com (or magicku.org) an online spirituality and mysticism School. 

Website:  pattinegri.com

Social Media links:

https://www.facebook.com/PattiNegriPsychicMedium

https://instagram.com/patti.negri

https://www.tiktok.com/@pattinegri

https://twitter.com/PattiNegri

https://www.youtube.com/user/pinkkaire 

IMDB link:  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624468/

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Featured Guest

Susan Slaughter

Susan began her paranormal adventures at the age of 15 in her hometown of Miami, urban exploring and shooting spirit photography. At the age of 18, her personal experiences with the supernatural led her down the path of investigating things that go bump in the night. She joined The League of Paranormal Investigators based in Miami, investigating historical sites and sacred Indian sites and burial grounds, as well as local house calls. It was her stint as an investigator-in-training, on the hit SyFy show "Ghost Hunters Academy" that launched her television ghost hunting career. After winning season 1, she graduated to Case Manager on the hit SyFy show "Ghost Hunters International" - for 3 seasons. After the show, Susan continued her research with a variety of paranormal groups around the world, speaking at universities and conventions. Currently, she can be seen contributing her expertise on paranormal subjects and spirituality for TRVL channel's/ HBO Max's "Paranormal Caught on Camera" - for 9 seasons.

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Featured Guest

Ashley Ryan

Ashley Ryan, known as Pythian Priestess, is an initiated Hermetic Priestess, occult educator, professional tarot reader, and Spiritual Advisor to Sam and Colby and The Paranormal Files. She is the founder of Pythian Mystery School, where she teaches Western esotericism, ceremonial magick, psychic development, and spiritual protection.

 

With a B.A in philosophy and theology, Ashley approaches occultism through the lenses of history, symbolism, psychology, and lived spiritual practice.

 

Through her teaching and media work, Ashley makes complex esoteric traditions accessible to modern seekers while encouraging personal responsibility and a direct relationship with the Divine.

@PythianPriestess

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Presenter

Sam Baltrusis

Sam Baltrusis, author of "Ghosts of Salem" and featured in "The Curse of Lizzie Borden" paranormal documentary, has penned more than twenty books including "Ghosts of Sleepy Hollow" and "Haunted Castles of New England." He has been featured on the Travel Channel’s "A Haunting," "Most Terrifying Places," "Haunted Towns," and "Haunted USA." He also made a cameo in the documentaries "The House in Between 2" and on several television programs like "History's Most Haunted," "Paranormal Nightshift," and "Forbidden History," and "Fright Club" (1 & 2). Baltrusis is a sought-after lecturer who speaks at libraries and paranormal-related events across the country. Visit SamBaltrusis.com for more information.

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Presenter

Heidi Kemper

Heidi Kemper is a Healer Psychic Medium located in Southeast Michigan where she has her own private practice. As a psychic, Heidi accesses her clients Akashic Records and gives them divine information and divine guidance about their past, present, and future. As a medium, Heidi channels messages to her clients from their loved ones in spirit. She also channels messages from spirit guides, guardian angels and higher-level beings. 

 

    Heidi is also a healer and is trained in shamanic healing. A registered nurse by profession, she has always been drawn to helping people who seek healing. Heidi offers Reiki, and shamanic healing modalities such as soul retrieval, essence retrievals and energy clearings of people, places, and things. 

 

     In 2023, Heidi was the guest psychic medium on Season 12 of the tv show, The Ghost Finders. After that experience, Heidi began traveling the country attending paranormal and metaphysical conferences, performing gallery readings, and giving private readings. 

   Heidi enjoys traveling across the country speaking about Ethics in Mediumship and Mediumship in the Paranormal. She travels coast to coast hosting private investigations at haunted locations, participating in séances, and crossing over spirits when needed. In addition to her already busy schedule, Heidi will be debuting her new Podcast, Authentically Divine, on The Spirit Realm Network this  September, 2026. You can also watch the 2 seasons of her previous podcast, Scorpio Rising, on YouTube and The Spirit Channel. 

     To schedule your own reading, healing, in person or via zoom, go to her website:

www.heidikemper.com

     If you’d like to invite Heidi to be a guest on your podcast or attend a paranormal or metaphysical conference you can reach Heidi by email at: hskkemper@hotmail.com or text/call her at 313.585.2185.

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Presenter

Tammie Merheb-Chavez

Tammie Merheb-Chavez is a costume designer, paranormal investigator, and storyteller whose work bridges the worlds of history, fashion, and the unexplained. By day, she brings characters to life through costume design for theater and film. By night, she investigates some of America's most intriguing haunted locations, uncovering the stories that continue to echo long after history has been written.

 

Raised in New Orleans, Tammie's lifelong fascination with the paranormal began among the city's rich traditions of folklore, haunted landmarks, and supernatural legends. That curiosity only deepened throughout her career in the entertainment industry, where working in historic theaters and on film sets introduced her to countless unexplained experiences.  In 2017, Tammie joined the acclaimed Hollyweird Paranormal Podcast, where she has investigated historic locations throughout the United States while interviewing leading voices in paranormal research, history, and folklore. Her work has expanded beyond investigations to include serving as a content creator for TRVL Channel, a consultant for the hit series Ghost Adventures, and a featured panelist at conventions including Parapod Fest, Scared & Alone, and Gold Country Paracon. She also continues her studies through the Rhine Education Center, further exploring the intersection of parapsychology and scientific inquiry.

 

Tammie is also the creator of Haunted Thread, a unique presentation and costume exhibition that explores the intersection of fashion, history, and the paranormal. Through original couture garments inspired by legendary hauntings, historical figures, and ghost stories, including designs based on Sharon Tate and The Woman in Black, she demonstrates how clothing can preserve memory, tell forgotten stories, and become a powerful medium for exploring our connection to the past.

 

Whether investigating reportedly haunted locations or designing one-of-a-kind wearable works of art, Tammie is driven by a passion for preserving history and inspiring curiosity. Through her creative work and paranormal research, she invites audiences to look beyond the veil and discover the remarkable stories woven into the places and the garments we leave behind.

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Darcy Staniforth

Darcy Staniforth is an academic, historian, writer, performer, ghost host, and paranormal investigator. She has been interested in death and dying since she was very young and that interest has carried into both her personal and professional life. Darcy holds a B.A. and a M.A. in American Studies and in addition to death, dying, and grief, her research areas include race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, ideals and institutions, and the paranormal.

 

In addition to supporting students in her work in higher education, she also serves as the Paranormal Coordinator for the Heritage Museum

of Orange County and the Director of Tour Operations for Haunted Orange County. She currently resides in a haunted house in Southern

CA.

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Presenter

Paul Alexanderian

Founder of Spirit Chasers Paranormal Society a Paranormal Investigator, and Medium is using evidence based filming to build a systematic approach for fact based paranormal research.

Debunking natural causes and using historical documented data with known hearsay information from those who have a common interest of the paranormal, lead Paul down a rabbit whole of many questions.

 

I believe an explanation for paranormal phenomenon through scientific observations, that are testable and reproducible predictions demonstrated with EMF Meters, night vision cameras, thermal devices, and audio recordings to document alleged hauntings will produce a provisional idea which will merit required evaluation.

 

Filming and Productions for Paranormal Research starts with a haunted location to formulate ideas which attribute to the methods crucial for paranormal experiences. The best information can be your own factual evidence by filming the phenomenon to put it under the microscope, and generate an explanation for a false or verifiable hypothesis.

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Presenter

Michele Pisciotta

Psychic Clairvoyant/ Clairsentient Medium and paranormal investigator. Formal, extensive training in Mediumship and psychic development. Natural abilities and experiences from childhood. 

 

Fascinated with interacting with other dimensions and energies. Pushing the envelope and experimenting with different techniques and devices.

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Presenter

Branden Lyesmith

Clairvoyant • Channeler • Remote Perception • Intuitive Empath

For nearly forty years, Branden Lyesmith has walked alongside the unseen - not as an outside observer, but as someone who grew up inside it. Growing up in haunted locations and homes between the Midwest and the Pacific coast.

 

Branden works as a channeler and clairvoyant, with a gift for remote perception and an intuitive empath’s sensitivity to the emotional life of a space. It’s an approach less about performance and more about presence - meeting spirits, places, and people with genuine care, and inviting others to feel safe enough to experience the unseen alongside him.

So come along, let’s see what sort of adventures we can create together.

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Presenter

Cheryl Plumb

Cheryl Plumb is a dedicated and seasoned paranormal investigator with a passion for uncovering the mysteries that lie beyond the realm of the living. She started her paranormal journey as a child, going on impromptu investigations with her mother, and has since been working to bridge the gap between the ordinary and the extraordinary.

Cheryl’s love of solving puzzles and a desire to help people led her to a degree in Criminal Investigation. Once the paranormal became more mainstream, she was able to utilize that training, build her network, and learn from the best in the business.

She believes in the importance of thorough research, skepticism, and a scientific approach to understanding the unexplained. She has been involved in numerous investigations across the globe and continues to seek answers to the questions that elude conventional explanation.

www.plumbparanormal.com

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Presenter

Shana Leilani

Shana Leilani is an initiated priestess, intuitive guide, and lifelong student of the mystical arts. Her spiritual roots are grounded in the magical traditions of her Hawaiian and Italian ancestry, and her work blends ancestral wisdom with modern-day tools for transformation and empowerment.

Her work as a spiritualist and paranormal investigator has been greatly shaped by her childhood, where she grew up in a haunted house, and the family gathering to watch shows such as "Fear" and "Ghost Hunters" was a common occurrence. She has taken these childhood experiences and expanded on them by training with multiple paranormal investigation teams, conducting séances, collecting haunted objects, and visiting some of the most notoriously haunted locations in the US.

@intuitiveshana

@saintandseance

saintandseance.com

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Presenter

Melissa St. Hilaire

Melissa St. Hilaire is an award-winning author of the bestselling book 30 Real Signs from the Afterlife (Callisto) and an expert in spirit communication. Raised in rural Massachusetts, she had her first mediumship experience at age 3, was taught by her grandmother to communicate with animals, plants, and fairies, began reading tarot cards at 12, and has been fascinated by the paranormal ever since.

 

She's released a well-received documentary web series, Secrets of the Craft, co-hosted live paranormal investigations with The Dark Zone and The Spirit Realm Network, and has her own podcast, The Circle Cast, which will return soon. She also offers intuitive and mediumship readings at the popular Green Man store in Burbank, CA, as well as animal communication, custom spells, mediumship training, and more.

 

Her mission is to help others connect with their intuition and spirit guides.

@melissasainthilaire

@americanwitch13

www.americanwitch13.com

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Buy Early Bird Tickets

Step into the shadows and join us at the historic Glen Tavern Inn in Santa Paula, California, on January 22-24 for an unforgettable weekend of paranormal exploration, occult discovery, and spine-tingling encounters.

Throughout the weekend, guests can enjoy presentations from renowned paranormal investigators and occult experts, browse a curated vendor market featuring local artists and makers, receive psychic readings, attend séances, and even get tattooed on-site.


Day Passes, Weekend Passes, and VIP Experiences are available. Dare to explore where history lingers, and spirits play.

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Accommodations

Spend your days and nights during the paracon at the famously haunted Glen Tavern Inn for a fully immersive experience. These will go fast! Reserve your room now at our exclusive discount rate here:

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Exclusive Rates

Reserve your room now to enjoy our special discount rate. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to stay where the spirits linger.

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Event Highlights

Join us for thrilling sessions, expert speakers, and engaging activities that will deepen your understanding of the paranormal world.

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Networking

Connect with fellow enthusiasts and experts in the field. Build relationships that last beyond the paracon and share your experiences.

Contact Us

For any questions or comments, please contact our team at: thesymposiumofspirits@gmail.com.

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