Scary speakers on the way to Haunted Hickory Paranormal Conference

By: Ragan Robinson | Hickory Daily Record
Published: August 27, 2008

Hickory --

This year's Haunted Hickory Paranormal Conference lets you meet a ghost hunter and, if you're lucky, a ghost.

The conference aims to connect researchers, paranormal enthusiasts and skeptics. Events include midnight ghost hunts in the old high school at the S.A.L.T Block, a hearse contest and a meet and greet dinner with presenters including a member of Sci Fi channel's Ghost Hunters International, Sylvia Shannon and Patrick Burns, who stars as the paranormal investigator on Tru TV's series "Haunting Evidence" and founded Ghost Hounds, the largest paranormal research network in the southern U.S.
Another six presenters will fill two full days of conference talks.

Last year, passes to the inaugural Haunted Hickory ghost hunt in the Newton-Conover Civic and Performance Place sold out before organizers began advertising locally.
This year, about 90 of the $100 platinum passes, which include all events for both days, are still available, said Chris Sepulveda, who helps promote Haunted Hickory.