Barnaby Jones

Bob Anderson

Bob Anderson is a Chicago Land based paranormal radio talk show host/podcaster. His show, "Bob After Dark" celebrates it's 8th year in 2026, and is internationally syndicated. He is a paranormal researcher, and investigator. Speaking and hearing people's stories all across the country, Bob is well rounded in all aspects of the unknown.

Christopher Fleming

Christopher Fleming is an internationally recognized paranormal investigator, medium, counselor in private practice, and speaker with over five decades of firsthand experience exploring consciousness and spirit communication. He grew up in a haunted house and has had a lifetime of strange encounters and contact between the veil with ghosts, angels, demons, and various entities—experiences that shaped his path and research. Rising to international prominence as co-host of Dead Famous, which aired in over 20 countries, he has since appeared on Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, Psychic Kids, Portals to Hell, Help! My House Is Haunted, Spooked Scotland, and Spooked Ireland for Discovery/Warner Bros. Known for developing innovative investigative methods and contributing to advancements in instrumental trans-communication (ITC), Chris combines field research, documented case evidence, psychology, and personal experience to bridge spirituality and technology. Following a recent battle with AML leukemia, he is currently in recovery and gradually returning to fieldwork, while also focusing on creating music and art during this period of healing.

Chris McCreary

I've always had an interest in the strange side of our world. I've always had a love and respect for the outdoors since childhood. I learned a lot of my outdoor skills from my time in the army, which has grown into continuous learning with bushcraft and survival skills. Being in the woods, you need to be prepared for anything at all times. Pairing my two passions of bushcrafting and the strange occurrences of cryptids to UFOs allows me to constantly learn and sharpen my skills while investigating high strangeness. Every time I'm in the woods, it's an adventure, and I'm enjoying my journey!

Dustin Schutta

Dustin Schutta is a ufologist that has been studying the UFO phenomenon in Wisconsin for the past 12 years. He is one of the host from “Flying Chariots-The Rise” podcast. Dustin is also the custodian of Colonel Wendelle Stevens photographic archives.

Ellie Weisensel

Rooted in a deep, lifelong connection to the spiritual world, Ellie Weisensel initially pursued a path in science, earning two degrees and dedicating over three decades to the food industry and a science-based government agency. However, during the latter years of her scientific career, a more insistent spiritual calling began, gently guiding her toward blending her analytical mind with the world of energy healing. This unexpected transition led her to become a Reiki Master and Certified Psychic Medium, specializing in the complex work of entity release—a role Spirit revealed was part of her soul agreement. Further expanding their expertise, Ellie integrated The Emotion Code and The Body Code into her practice, and following a spiritual nudge to look deeper into client bloodwork, she learned to read functional blood chemistry, allowing her to connect emotional, energetic, and physiological imbalances in a profound way, all while maintaining her lifelong residency within a small radius of their Wisconsin birthplace.

Ian DeGraff

Jay A. Bachochin 

Jay Bachochin is a family man in the state of Wisconsin. He is a graphic designer, cinematographer and film editor. Jay is the founder of The Wisconsin Paranormal Investigators (2007) and also the Midwest Cryptid Director for Goosebumps Paranormal in PA. He has been on a solo quest searching for The Wisconsin Sasquatch in southeast Wisconsin since 2013.

Jay has been featured on The Travel Channel’s ‘In Search of Monsters’ and also featured in the Small Town Monsters Productions film ‘The Bray Road Beast’. Jay has filmed and produced 2 documentaries of his own research in The Kettle Moraine. His first film, ‘Finding Jay’ was released in 2019 and his follow-up sequel ‘Beyond the Kettle: Finding Jay 2’ in 2022. Both are streaming on Amazon Prime, and ParaFlixx. They also can be purchased on 1080 HD Blu ray’s on the storefront.

Jeff Finup

Jeff Finup is an author, researcher, explorer, and the creator of Badgerland Legends and co-host of the Wisconsin Legends Podcast. As a citizen historian and folklorist, he writes about the people, places, and things that make Wisconsin legendary. His latest book, Wisconsin Legends for Kids, is now available.

Jeremy Socha

Jeremy is the host of the Infinite Rabbit Hole podcast. When he was 9 years old he in the woods of Southern Vermont he witnessed an upright walking hairy creature, which lead to a lifelong obsession with the unknown. Jeremy spent 8 years in the Navy as an Aviation electrician. He researched numerous topics within the realm of Fortean, and has been featured on shows such as Into the Fray with Shannon Legro and the Hush Hush Society as well as being named the headliner for the upcoming UFO day’s festival in Elmwood Wisconsin.

Kelly Milner Halls CANCELED

Kelly Milner Halls has written "weird" and provocative nonfiction for young readers for the past 30 years using high interest topics like Bigfoot, dinosaurs and other mysteries to teach critical thinking skills and the evaluation of reliable evidence. Including Tales of the Cryptids, In Search of Sasquatch, Alien Investigation, Ghostly Evidence, and Cryptid Creatures: a Field Guide and my new titles coming in 2025, Cryptid Creatures: An Underwater Field Guide and Cryptid Babies, a board book for little mystery lovers.

Ken Gerhard 

Ken Gerhard is a widely recognized cryptozoologist, author, and lecturer who frequently appears on television. 

Ken has traveled the world searching for evidence of mysterious creatures including Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra, Mothman, and the Beast of Gevaudan.

In addition, he’s written six books on the subject of unknown animals. His research has been featured on numerous TV shows including: Missing in Alaska, MonsterQuest, Ancient Aliens, America Unearthed, The UnXplained (with William Shatner) and Legend Hunters. 

Ken has appeared on major networks including Travel Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic, Syfy and Animal Planet. 

He can currently be seen on the History Channel series – The Proof Is Out There

Larry Eissler III
 

A distinguished author, filmmaker, historian and paranormal researcher, Larry Eissler III has over 15 years of experience and 7 years in paranormal video production. His work spans documentaries, social media content and an episodic series, focusing on lesser-known haunted locations in the American Midwest. Larry’s dedication to the paranormal community is evident through his Telly award-winning production, extensive publications and his role as and educator and historian.

Lauren Smith

Lauren Smith is best known as the host of one of the first Bigfoot podcasts, Nite Callers Bigfoot Radio. With over 300 shows, guest appearances on other podcasts, several speaking engagements at conferences, and a decade of experience interviewing researchers, cryptozoologists, and authors all over the world, Lauren has become a recognized favorite in the bigfoot community. In addition to being the daughter of one of the pioneering female bigfoot researchers in the United States, Lauren has done field research in multiple states for the past twenty years. Since she was brought up in the research game, she is passionate about educating the next generation of Little Footers. Starting with her own two boys that she takes out every chance she gets to explore the wilderness.

Lee Hampel

Lee Hampel is widely known for his firsthand experiences and long-term research connected to the legendary Beast of Bray Road. He has appeared as himself in multiple paranormal television series and documentaries, including:

The Beast of Bray Road (small Town Monsters), Legend Hunter (travel Channel), In Search of Monsters (travel Channel), Paranormal Declassified, Expedition X (Discovery Channel)

Sylvia Shults

Sylvia Shults is the author of several books of paranormal nonfiction, including 44 Years in Darkness, Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital, and Grave Deeds And Dead Plots. She sits in dark, spooky, haunted places so you don’t have to. She has spent the last twenty-five years working at a public library, slowly smuggling out enough words in her pockets week after week to build a book of her own. She lives a short, ten-minute motorcycle ride away from the haunted asylum that features in so many of her books. She considers it the highest privilege to share the incredible, compassionate history of the Peoria State Hospital.

After battling an intense, lifelong fear of the dark, Sylvia decided to become a ghost hunter. (What WAS she thinking?) As a paranormal investigator, she has made many media appearances, including a tiny part in the Ghost Hunters episode “Prescription for Fear”, about the Peoria State Hospital.

Sylvia loves hearing from her readers, especially when they have spooky stories of their own to share with her.

Terry Flick – Psychic Medium

Terry Flick is the founder of Soul and Synergy LLC, where he weaves together a lifetime of spiritual exploration, metaphysical practice, and community leadership. As a gifted intuitive and event organizer, Terry creates spaces for learning, healing, and connection through galleries, expos, and workshops across the Midwest. His work centers on helping others discover their own pathways to spirit, whether through psychic development, energy work, or transformational gatherings. With a passion for building community and honoring diverse spiritual traditions, Terry continues to inspire and guide others on their journeys of growth, insight, and empowerment.

Tobias Wayland CANCELED 
 

Tobias Wayland is a passionate Fortean who has been actively investigating the unusual for over a decade. The first several years of his investigative career were spent as a MUFON field investigator and following that he investigated independently prior to becoming the head writer and editor for The Singular Fortean Society. Tobias is a frequent guest on various podcasts and radio shows, has written several books and contributed articles to periodicals on the paranormal, has appeared on television and in documentaries, and is often invited to speak at paranormal conferences and events. 

He was featured in season four of Unsolved Mysteries, the series premiere of Expedition X, and the Small Town Monsters documentaries Terror in the Skies and On the Trail of the Lake Michigan Mothman for his work investigating Mothman sightings in the Midwest. He and his wife Emily have been involved with the Lake Michigan Mothman investigation since its advent in the spring of 2017, and published a book chronicling the experience, The Lake Michigan Mothman: High Strangeness in the Midwest. His second and third books about unusual phenomena, Strange Tales of the Impossible and The Singular Fortean Society’s Yuletide Guide to High Strangeness, continue their work in investigating a variety of seemingly impossible events.

His years as an investigator have served him best by illustrating that when it comes to the anomalous, the preternatural, and the paranormal, any answers he's found are still hopelessly outnumbered by questions.

Zach Skrede

Zach is the visionary behind CE-5, a business dedicated to teaching the CE-5 protocol. CE-5, which stands for "Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind." CE-5 is a process that facilitates human-initiated contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. Zach’s passion and expertise in this field make him a leading figure in the growing community of individuals seeking to explore and understand the profound implications of these encounters. Zach offers workshops, seminars, and one-on-one sessions to those interested in learning the CE-5 protocol.