The Great Lakes Paranormal Conference starts on Friday -- and it is EXPENSIVE.

[Mr.UFO]

The very small town of Glenbeulah WI is hosting the Great Lakes Paranormal Conference, taking place this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Glenbeulah School. There will be guest speakers to cover topics such as ghosts, UFOs, and Bigfoot. It's in that town because the old school there is supposedly very haunted.

Has anybody been to a paranormal conference? Are tickets always this expensive? Here's the price list:

https://haunted-midwest-ghost-tours-llc.ticketleap.com/great-lakes-paranormal-conference-2024/dates/Sep-13-2024_at_1000AM

The costs don't even include two seances conducted by Susan Slaughter (apparently seances are ... still a thing ... I guess?) It would be one thing if this was taking place in Las Vegas -- and would still be pricey. But it's in a one-horse town in eastern Wisconsin that I never even heard of, and I'm from northern Illinois (no offense if you're from Glenbeulah). I'm I way off base here?

Edited September 12 by Mr.UFO

[Lucia62]

21 hours ago, Mr.UFO said:

The very small town of Glenbeulah WI is hosting the Great Lakes Paranormal Conference, taking place this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Glenbeulah School. There will be guest speakers to cover topics such as ghosts, UFOs, and Bigfoot. It's in that town because the old school there is supposedly very haunted.

Has anybody been to a paranormal conference? Are tickets always this expensive? Here's the price list:

https://haunted-midwest-ghost-tours-llc.ticketleap.com/great-lakes-paranormal-conference-2024/dates/Sep-13-2024_at_1000AM

The costs don't even include two seances conducted by Susan Slaughter (apparently seances are ... still a thing ... I guess?) It would be one thing if this was taking place in Las Vegas -- and would still be pricey. But it's in a one-horse town in eastern Wisconsin that I never even heard of, and I'm from northern Illinois (no offense if you're from Glenbeulah). I'm I way off base here?

The conference sounds interesting but prices are too expensive for me. And I still need to get groceries, so I won't be able to attend.

[the13bats]

On 9/11/2024 at 9:02 PM, Mr.UFO said:

The very small town of Glenbeulah WI is hosting the Great Lakes Paranormal Conference, taking place this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Glenbeulah School. There will be guest speakers to cover topics such as ghosts, UFOs, and Bigfoot. It's in that town because the old school there is supposedly very haunted.

Has anybody been to a paranormal conference? Are tickets always this expensive? Here's the price list:

https://haunted-midwest-ghost-tours-llc.ticketleap.com/great-lakes-paranormal-conference-2024/dates/Sep-13-2024_at_1000AM

The costs don't even include two seances conducted by Susan Slaughter (apparently seances are ... still a thing ... I guess?) It would be one thing if this was taking place in Las Vegas -- and would still be pricey. But it's in a one-horse town in eastern Wisconsin that I never even heard of, and I'm from northern Illinois (no offense if you're from Glenbeulah). I'm I way off base here?

The warrens made a great living off everything is haunted and never once proving it, haunted is cha ching!

The club i work at is haunted.

[Mr.UFO]

1 hour ago, the13bats said:

The warrens made a great living off everything is haunted and never once proving it, haunted is cha ching!

The club i work at is haunted.

My former workplace and the college dorm I lived in were supposedly haunted. But I never experienced anything at either place.

[the13bats]

42 minutes ago, Mr.UFO said:

My former workplace and the college dorm I lived in were supposedly haunted. But I never experienced anything at either place.

Because nothing is actually haunted.

[papageorge1]

Prices do not seem that high for all you get. 

I'm not going. I already am certain of the paranormal so what's one more event. I don't need those types of personal experiences. And skeptics needn't go because they can call it all 'staged'.

The real issue becomes keeping your mind in a spiritual place through whatever. I'd be more inclined to go to an Eckhart Tolle conference

[Antigonos]

14 minutes ago, papageorge1 said:

Prices do not seem that high for all you get. 

I'm not going. I already am certain of the paranormal so what's one more event. I don't need those types of personal experiences. And skeptics needn't go because they can call it all 'staged'.

The real issue becomes keeping your mind in a spiritual place through whatever. I'd be more inclined to go to an Eckhart Tolle conference

You can believe in the paranormal and still not want to give away your well earned money to obvious cash grabs like these conferences aimed at targeting suckers. 
 

Edited September 15 by Antigonos

[papageorge1]

6 minutes ago, Antigonos said:

You can believe in the paranormal and still not want to give your well earned money away over to obvious cash grabs aimed at suckers.

I don't consider it an obvious cash grab aimed at suckers, but a quite interesting sounding event for a certain audience. I have no problem with the event and its cost.

[Mr.UFO]

1 hour ago, papageorge1 said:

I don't consider it an obvious cash grab aimed at suckers, but a quite interesting sounding event for a certain audience. I have no problem with the event and its cost.

Susan "The Dragon Witch" Slaughter is probably done with her seance by now. Part of that event should have been the participants trying to contact the souls of the hefty sums of money that they just parted with.

[papageorge1]

6 minutes ago, Mr.UFO said:

Susan "The Dragon Witch" Slaughter is probably done with her seance by now. Part of that event should have been the participants trying to contact the souls of the hefty sums of money that they just parted with.

I believe real paranormal things can happen at seances. I'd willingly pay if it was conveniently located and I was in the mood.

[Green Devil]

On 9/12/2024 at 11:35 PM, Lucia62 said:

The conference sounds interesting but prices are too expensive for me. And I still need to get groceries, so I won't be able to attend.

try online streaming.

[Mr.UFO]

4 hours ago, Green Devil said:

try online streaming.

The event ended yesterday. I'm pretty sure they didn't have streaming for it anyway.

[Trelane]

"The Great Lakes Paranormal Conference starts on Friday -- and it is EXPENSIVE."

Not a surprise at all.Most grifts are. The relentlessly ignorant and eternally gullible will always shell out big money for this stuff.

[Mr.UFO]

6 minutes ago, Trelane said:

"The Great Lakes Paranormal Conference starts on Friday -- and it is EXPENSIVE."

Not a surprise at all.Most grifts are. The relentlessly ignorant and eternally gullible will always shell out big money for this stuff.

Two of the speakers that were there are "Paranormal Caught On Camera" analysts -- the show that shows clouds shaped like faces and calls it "paranormal". 😁

[Antigonos]

22 hours ago, Green Devil said:

try online streaming.

Try going there now with a digital recorder and an infrared camera. Maybe you can catch a replay for free.

[Mr.UFO]

Susan Slaughter posted a photo of the room she used for her seances. It looked really small; I hope she had the windows open or the AC on, because it's been hot here in the Midwest lately. A hot, cramped space with 15 or 20 people in it would be uncomfortable. She's from Miami and used to heat, so she might not think of that. Also, although she's a good lady and I love her, she's definitely a whack job. 😁 

Edited September 17 by Mr.UFO

[openozy]

If they are doing this for profit they are not genuinely spiritual people so I'd give it a miss.

[openozy]

I actually hate people making a sideshow of the paranormal, that includes the BS ghost hunters on TV.

[Green Devil]

4 hours ago, openozy said:

If they are doing this for profit they are not genuinely spiritual people so I'd give it a miss.

they don't

[Green Devil]

On 9/15/2024 at 9:47 PM, papageorge1 said:

I don't consider it an obvious cash grab aimed at suckers, but a quite interesting sounding event for a certain audience. I have no problem with the event and its cost.

i agree

[Antigonos]

On 9/15/2024 at 4:47 PM, papageorge1 said:

I have no problem with the event and its cost.

Of course not,  because you’re the exact kind of person they’re gearing these events for. Credulous and easily separated from their money.

You don’t need to pay money for something like this. If you’re passionate about the subject and have read/researched the topic for decades like I have, there’s nothing these people can offer beyond stale tropes and whatever the current societal zeitgeist is regarding the “paranormal”. These people don’t know anything more than anyone else at the end of the day.

Edited September 18 by Antigonos

[Antigonos]

54 minutes ago, Green Devil said:

they don't

Then why not make it a nonprofit event?

[Green Devil]

Just now, Antigonos said:

Then why not make it a nonprofit event?

they need money.

[Trelane]

On 9/17/2024 at 8:09 AM, Antigonos said:

Try going there now with a digital recorder and an infrared camera. Maybe you can catch a replay for free.

Oh no, you'll get stopped at the door. No unauthorized recordings. They monetize the videos of the conferences now as well. 

[Trelane]

27 minutes ago, Antigonos said:

Then why not make it a nonprofit event?

Exactly. If it's so important to the human race, why monetize any of it?