January 8/9 and January 15/16 2021
Examining deeper the history & hauntings of the Crescent Hotel
All Discussions will be held in the Crystal Dining Room (located on the 1st floor) with social distancing and masks required.
At Check –
Expect to receive: Program, Covid Guidelines, contest rules and Mask
*Photography Contest – Send in your photos or stories of ESP weekend and enter for a Chance to WIN Free Participation to Next Year’s Event. (one image or story per person) Please email to Amanda.haley1@gmail.com and include in Subject Line: ESP Photo Contest
AGENDA:
Friday
4:30PM – Check In
5PM – Welcome Introduction
5:15PM-6:00 PM – History of the Crescent Hotel
6:30PM – 8:00 PM Paranormal Expert Dave Harkins
“Mental Impressions and the correlation to Ghost Activity”
Free Time – On Your Own For Dinner
9PM and 9:30PM Mini Ghost Tour – Introduction
10PM “Toast to the Ghosts”
Groups Divided Up for Investigation with Paranormal Investigators
Dave Harkins & Larry Flaxman:
(Group A) 10:30PM-12:30AM & (Group B) 12:45AM-2:45AM
3AM – 5AM Investigation on Your Own
Refreshments & Snacks Available from 10PM-2:30AM
Saturday
5PM – Welcome Introduction
5:15PM-6:15PM – Historian Keith Scales
A Deep Dive into the History of Norman Baker
6:30PM – 8PM Paranormal Expert Larry Flaxman
“Transcommunication – History to Now”
Free Time – On Your Own For Dinner
9:00PM and 9:30PM Mini Ghost Tour Introduction
Groups Divided Up for Investigation with Paranormal Investigators
Dave Harkins & Larry Flaxman:
(Group A) 10:30PM-12:30AM & (Group B) 12:45AM-2:45AM
3AM – 5AM Investigation on Your Own
Refreshments & Snacks Available from 10PM-2:30AM
Sunday
10:30AM Meet in the Conservatory for brief summary of the night
*Collect Photography Contest Submissions – photos or stories
(one image or story per person)
WINNER TO RECEIVE Free Participation to Next Year’s Event.
Please email to Amanda.haley1@gmail.com and include in Subject Line: ESP Photo Contest
Dining Options:
Breakfast – One Breakfast Vouchers is included with your Registration. Breakfast available in the Crystal Dining Room 7AM -11AM
Dinner – Crystal Dining Room Open 5PM-9PM
SkyBar Gourmet Pizza – Open Noon – 10PM
Vending Area available in lobby level.
Speakers & Investigators
KEITH SCALES
AEA; AFTRA; SAG
Born and raised in London, professional theatre artist Keith Scales has acted in more than two hundred plays and directed nearly a hundred, receiving numerous awards. Study Fellowships have taken him to Ireland, Greece, Japan, Prague, the west of England and the south of France in preparation for various theatrical projects. He was awarded the first Masters Fellowship in Theatre by the Regional Arts Council of Oregon. From 1993 – 2009 he served as artistic director of the Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon, for which he wrote line-for-line English versions of sixteen ancient Greek plays. In 2011 Keith relocated from Oregon to Eureka Springs to concentrate on the creation of original works for page, stage and screen.
He was Ghost Tour Manager for the Crescent and Basin Park hotels and organizer of ESP (Eureka Springs Paranormal) weekends and other events from 2011 to the Covid Outbreak.
He is the author of a collection of short stories set in the Crescent Hotel, House of a Hundred Rooms; Tales the Ghost Tour Guides Do Not Tell, and will soon release Seven Story Hotel, set in the Basin Park. Writing as Julian Keith he recently released John Dee’s Back Leg; a Metaphysical Farce. For the Crescent Hotel he wrote and directed the one-act: Not Really a Door and developed Flickering Tales, a regular storytelling program.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2010: Presenter at the South Coast Writers Conference, in Gold Beach, Oregon
2008: Winter Writer-in-Residence at Fishtrap, Oregon.
2006: His play What Mad Pursuit, produced at West End Theatre, Portland, Oregon, 2006, was a finalist for the Oregon Literary Arts Award for Drama.
2002: First recipient of the prestigious Regional Arts and Culture Council Masters Fellowship. He used the grant to visit sites associated with the Grail legend in Cornwall and the South of France, in order to develop an original stage production of the Perceval legend.
1992: Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship to travel to Kyoto to study Japanese traditional and avant-garde theatre.
1989: Named by the state newspaper, the Oregonian, “the theatre artist who made the most significant contribution to theatre in Oregon in the decade”
1988: Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship to attend the Yeats festival in Sligo, Ireland in preparation for an unprecedented production of the entire Cuchulain Cycle at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, and a symposium: The Theatre of Myth, at Portland State University.
SELECTED WORKSHOPS
Screenwriting with Cynthia Whitcomb, founder of the Willamette Writers’ Conference
Portland, Oregon 2006
Playwrighting with Irene Maria Fornes,
Seattle, Washington, 1990
Presenting Classic Greek Drama Today
Getty Center, Los Angeles, 2004
DAVE HARKINS
A published author, accomplished researcher, and investigator of the occult and paranormal realms for over 40 years, Dave Harkins brings his love of lost legends, history, and the supernatural to almost every aspect of his life. Dave’s journey with the paranormal started in childhood, as his family has always embraced the supernatural. His lineage stems from American Indian Ancestry, and Dave is a tribal member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. In 1980, Dave’s fascination with the occult led him and some friends to start-up an occult bookstore in Fresno, California, that is still in operation today.
After moving from Fresno in 1985 to the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, Dave created several small informal paranormal groups, and in 2007 Dave founded The Ozarks Paranormal Society, which is still very active today. Dave is also a Team Manager for the world-renowned TAPS Family based out of Rhode Island, investigating the paranormal for many years before starting the popular SyFy network “Ghost Hunters” television show as well as their new hit show “Ghost Nation” on Travel Channel.
Dave has researched and investigated hundreds of locations in the United States, Europe, and the Indian Subcontinent. He has also been featured in print, on radio and has appeared on several network television shows based on the paranormal. The quest never stops for Dave, at least as long as there are answers to be had.
LARRY FLAXMAN
Best selling author and researcher, Larry Flaxman, is on a mission to inform, empower, and entertain those fascinated by the paranormal and “fringe” science!
Best-selling author of nine books including “11:11 – The Time Prompt Phenomenon: The Meaning Behind Mysterious Signs, Sequences and Synchronicities,” “The Grid: Exploring the Hidden Infrastructure of Reality,” and “Viral Mythology: How the Truth of the Ancients was Encoded and Passed Down through Legend, Art, and Architecture,” Flaxman continues to write ground-breaking books on cutting-edge research that leave readers, researchers, and reviewers open-mouthed in disbelief of the truth as it’s presented to them.
For nearly two decades, Flaxman has been actively involved in paranormal research and hands-on field investigation with a strong emphasis on attempting to apply the scientific method to unexplained phenomena. Flaxman is redefining the field of paranormal research with his focus on connecting quantum physics (specifically entanglement and the observer effect) to human consciousness via the use of “real-time” EEG analysis of the experiencer. He is the President and Senior Researcher of the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team (ARPAST) which has become one of the nation’s most respected paranormal research organizations.
Widely respected for his advances in the field, Flaxman has appeared on the Discovery Channel’s “Ghost Lab” as well as the History Channel’s popular show “Ancient Aliens”, and the History Channel special expose “Time Beings: Extreme Time Travel Conspiracies.”
Flaxman has appeared on hundreds of radio shows worldwide include Coast to Coast AM, The Shirley MacLaine Show, The Jeff Rense Show, X-Zone Radio, TAPS Family Radio, and Paranormal Podcast.
As a staff writer for Intrepid Magazine, Flaxman’s work appears regularly in TAPS ParaMagazine, Fate Magazine, New Dawn Magazine, and Phenomena Magazine. Flaxman is often called on to provide expertise for dozens of other publications including “The Times Herald News,” and the “Villager Online.”
Flaxman is the founder of The Bridge of Compassion Foundation, a nonprofit 501c(3) charity dedicated to bridging the gap between those in need and those with a compassionate heart willing to make a difference. Positively impacting and improving the quality of life for the homeless and indigent by providing basic human necessities. Delivered with compassion, dignity, and respect.
Flaxman is an avid collector of all things unusual – whether it be historic antiquities, medical collectibles, funerary items, or even the completely bizarre, he likely has it in his collection! In fact, he maintains one of the largest collections of Pre-Columbian artifacts in the United States! Oftentimes you can find some really cool items for sale in his online shop as he clears space to make room for more!
In his spare time, Flaxman dabbles in a diverse range of hobbies. While some people like to fish or collect stamps, he has always had a deep-seated passion for motorsports – specifically, anything that is FAST AND LOUD! He has been fascinated with cars and motorcycle since a young age and is addicted to the visceral sound and feel of a motor at redline! Larry maintains an impressive collection of vehicles and can often be found at charity events and car shows with some of his toys!