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718: Poe Tour and Other Ghost Walks

‘Tis the Season of Spookiness and we kick off the month with a visit to the gravesite of one of the true “Masters of the Macabre”, Edgar Allan Poe. While in Baltimore, Maryland, we stayed at the Lord Baltimore Hotel where Vince Wilson gave us a tour of the old (and purportedly haunted) hotel, after which we walked outside and down the street for a couple blocks to an old cemetery and underground catacombs. Along the way and while at the cemetery, Vince gave us some background about some of the “residents” of the graveyard.

Next we make a call to Paul Prater in Little Rock, Arkansas, who gives us some tips, suggestions and advice on how we can create a “Ghost Walk” in our own backyard.

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The majority of the recording in the first part of this episode was made while on the tour given by Vince Wilson in Baltimore; however, due to some mysterious and unexplained reason, some of the audio disappeared during the first part of our tour. Hmm. Well, we made a phone call and Vince filled in the part of the tour at the Lord Baltimore that was missing. Later we contacted Paul Prater on a Zoom call and recorded the second portion both with audio and video. You can view the video on YouTube by Clicking Here. If you would like more information about his Haunted Tours in Argenta, Arkansas, then Click Here.

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Tagged with Vince Wilson, Paul Prater, Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore Maryland, Little Rock Arkansas, ghost tours, ghost walks, Ed Underwood.

October 6, 2022 by Scott Wells.
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526: Paul Prater - Take a Walk on the Spooky Side

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Paul Prater is a “bizarrist” in his magic style as he loves and explores the unusual side of our art. He creates props and scripts that lead his audiences down a very spooky path, and they love going with him. Since 2017 Paul has been presenting “Haunted Argenta” in Argenta, Arkansas which is a Ghost Tour. He as recently added “Boos and Brews, The Lascivious and Wild Tales of Argenta”. You may think that Argenta isn’t so spooky, but thousands of Native Americans died here on the Trail of Tears, plus other real and mythical tales.

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Paul tells how he found the venue where he performs his Ghost Tours and how he developed his market. Paul is also an attorney who decided to go down this path as his living and he talks about why he chose this path.

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Tagged with Paul Prater, ghost tours, Arkansas, EMF meter.

October 17, 2019 by Scott Wells.
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365: Day One - IBM/SAM Combined Convention 2017

This is the first of a five day series of podcasts from Louisville featuring conversations with convention talent, organizers, dealers and registrants. The intent is to bring you the sounds (and sights through the embedded videos and attached photos) of what's happening almost in "real time" so you have the next best experience of actually being there. .

This is not the "official" first day of the convention, but nonetheless, there were several "pre-convention" activities that happened and are worth recording for this episode which I will call "Day One".

IBM-SAM 2017 COMBINED CONVENTION SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, JULY 11
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Lance Burton Teen Magic Seminar - Jones
Ed Thomas Memorial Jr Magic Workshop - Beckham

2:00 PM - S.A.M. Endowment Fund Meeting - Willis
3:00 PM - S.A.M. Magic Center Meeting - Willis
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Registration Opens - Registration Area
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - S.A.M. Caucus Meeting - Willis
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Registration Opens - Registration Area
6:00 PM - Red Carpet Event - Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center
7:00 PM - Louisville Premere: Billy Topit - Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center
9:30 PM - Midnight - Dealers Grand Opening / Autograph Session - Exhibit Hall

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00:04:20 - David Salwak and Fielding West talk about the talent at this convention, both on the shows and the competition.

00:12:09 - Michael Perovich, from Los Angeles and a member of the Magic Castle, tells why he comes to the combined convention which allows him to see acts that aren't seen at the Magic Castle.

00:25:46 - Oscar Munoz, International President of the I.B.M. tells us about what he has accomplished over the past year as President and some of his highlights of what he has seen and done.

00:28:19 - Dal Sanders, past National President of the S.A.M., tells us what's going on with the S.A.M. Council.

00:33:08 - Richard Turner calls in to remind us of his debut on Penn & Teller Fool Us on July 13, 2017

00:34:57 - Q&A Panel discussion following the debut showing of "Billy Topit"

00:52:03 - Jeff Sikola, National President of the S.A.M., talks about what he feels were the highlights of the past year.

00:57:55 - Jason Andrews talks about the competitions that brought him to where he is today as well as his cruise ship work.

00:02:31 - Tommy Ellison (a Friend of The Magic Word) shares a story as an update from the podcast posted Feb. 27, 2014 and available by Clicking Here.

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July 12, 2017 by Scott Wells.
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