5 Best Things About Ghostock 5

It's Scary How Much Fun We Had in Savannah

Ghostock 5, the most recent of the semi-annual paranormal conventions hosted by Patrick Burns in Savannah, Georgia, was so exhilirating and so packed with information, thrills, fun and friends, that I find writing about it a bit intimidating. So I have decided to try to divide this review into the five things I loved best about Ghostock 5.

The first thing will have to be the hosts and the staff. Patrick formed Ghost Hounds, the paranormal group out of the metro Atlanta area to which I belong, so I see him and Pam quite often during the year. Yet, when Sunday came around and we had to say goodbye at Ghostock, I felt that I was going to really miss them, and I do. Patrick, despite being on Court TV's Haunting Evidence, has no arrogance at all. He travels constantly as a very popular guest at paranormal events and conventions all over the country, yet he is just as excited as the rest of us when Ghostock runs around. It is a labor of love for him, and Pam is a willing and accomplished partner as well as a warm, loving human being and a wonderful reiki practitioner who made the chronic pain in my shoulder go away. Thanks, Pam! Pam and Patrick make every participant in Ghostock feel special and included.

Until this year, the rest of the "staff" of Ghostock has consisted of Denise Roffe, who is an absolute wizard at procuring fascinating places for us to investigate, not to mention being a skilled investigator herself and a highly amusing person to talk to. This year, Patrick expanded his staff to include a few more volunteers, including my husband Ken, who was terribly happy to get to handle the webcam for the free live webcast. He's never too happy when he's away from technology too long.

The second thing I loved was the guests. The keynote speaker was Dr. William Rolle, who has been a parapsychologist for 50 years! This living legend has been a featured investigator in famous cases featured on Unsolved Mysteries and other tv programs, most notoriously the Tina Resch poltergeist case and that of the Wyricks, subjects of "A Haunting in Georgia."