Patrick's presentation from Troy Taylor's American Hauntings Fall Festival, Becoming a Paranerd: A Brief Tour Through My Paranormal World. Plus 15 Reasons to Befriend a Paranormal Nerd Today! Visit BigSeance.com for more info. Pssst... Want to leave voice feedback? Use the SpeakPipe Link! In this episode:  Intro :00 A Special Announcement! Mark your calendars, because Karen A. Dahlman, along with her board partner Rodney, will be joining me LIVE once again, but this time for a seance for the Halloween season on October 14th at 7pm Central Time. Go to BigSeance.com/LIVE for more details! :53 Spectral Edition with Tim Prasil (New England’s Most Haunted) 3:35 International Podcast Day is September 30th! How will YOU celebrate? Visit InternationalPodcastDay.com for more info. 8:10 A road trip to Jacksonville, Illinois to speak at Troy Taylor’s American Haunting’s Fall Festival. 8:37 The audio of my presentation, titled Becoming a Paranerd: A Brief Tour Through My Paranormal World 13:09 Do you know what a podcast is? 15:30 It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to talk about in this presentation. 18:15 The beginnings of me becoming a paranerd and my “Spiritual Shift" 19:10 It all started with a paranormal tv show and a book. (Early seasons of Ghost Hunters, and Ghosts Among Us by James Van Praagh) 23:45 More on my obsession with books. 26:28 The Paranormal Podcast with Jim Harold 28:55 Forming Missouri Spirit Seekers, my own paranormal investigation team 31:20 That very first EVP really sucks you in! (Frieden’s United Church of Christ in St. Charles, Missouri, and It’s All Over Me) 35:10 Paranormal Burnout 41:17 The beginnings of The Big Seance as a blog 42:10 Inspired by Sarah Estep and EVP Research 42:53 My rapper - Spirit Communication through knocking and tapping 44:22 Cemetery Photography (My Flickr Page) 45:35 The Big Seance Podcast 46:10 The audio of the Big Seance Podcast Highlights Video (Check out the link to the actual video.) 47:42 My final thoughts at the end of the presentation. 55:29 15 Reasons to Befriend a Paranormal Nerd Today! 56:29 Outro 1:01:30   Record your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! Call the show at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. Visit BigSéance.com for more information.   Please help The Big Séance Podcast by subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show on iTunes, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and iHeart Radio.