UPCOMING Dinner Events
HOSTED BY TROY TAYLOR!
AT THE AMERICAN ODDITIES MUSEUM IN ALTON, ILLINOIS
NOVEMBER 2024
SPECIAL EVENT!
NOVEMBER 22, 2024:
ESTES METHOD EXPERIMENT
SOLD OUT!
NOVEMBER 23, 2024:
EVENING WITH THE ST. LOUIS EXORCISM
SOLD OUT!
SPECIAL EVENT!
NOVEMBER 30, 2024:
BOOK RELEASE AND SIGNING!
NEW MUSEUM EXHIBIT UNVEILING!
FREE SCREENING OF FREAKS (1932)!
Join us on Small Business Saturday for a special daytime event at the American Oddities Museum! Troy Taylor will be releasing and signing his new book, THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL, plus, we’ll be opening a new exhibit in the museum and we’ll be hosting a performance by FreakShow Deluxe!
DECEMBER 2024
DECEMBER 7, 2024:
GREAT RIVER HAUNTINGS TOUR
SOLD OUT!
FRIDAY THE 13TH TOUR!
DECEMBER 13, 2024:
GHOSTS OF THE RIVER ROAD TOUR
Join author Troy Taylor along the Great River Road from Alton to Grafton! The evening begins with dinner at the Bluff City Grill in Alton, followed by a haunted bus tour along the Great River Road. Discover the tales of history and hauntings along the Mississippi River with dark tales, eerie locations, and a stop for drinks at one of Grafton's legendary haunts!
DECEMBER 14:
EVENING WITH THE SPIRITS OF CHRISTMAS!
SOLD OUT!
JANUARY 2025
ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN THE CASE BEGAN!
JANUARY 18, 2025:
EVENING WITH THE ST. LOUIS EXORCISM
Join Troy Taylor for the UNCENSORED, true story of the 1949 St. Louis Exorcism! In this updated and eye-opening presentation, he reveals the full story for the first time, uncovering shocking details that have never been told before. UPDATED AND UNCENSORED!
ANNUAL DINNER EVENT!
JANUARY 25, 2025:
DINNER WITH THE DONNER PARTY
Discover the true story of the Donner Party! Most of us know how the story ends – with cannibalism in the mountains – but we don’t know the events that led them to that point, the horrific occurrences that left them stranded at Truckee Lake, the daring rescue attempts, the desperate starvation that led to the eating of human flesh, and finally, the hauntings they left behind.
DEAD OF WINTER FESTIVAL AFTER-HOURS EVENT!
JANUARY 31, 2025:
GREAT RIVER HAUNTINGS TOUR
Join Troy Taylor for Dinner and Spirits as we travel from Alton to Grafton during our NEW tour of the River Road! Departing from the Mineral Springs, we seek out the mystery of the region -- including the Piasa Bird, eerie places, and haunted houses -- before arriving at the Pere Marquette Lodge for their famous fried chicken dinner!
FEBRUARY 2025
CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR MOST HAUNTED PRESIDENT!
FEBRUARY 8, 2025:
EVENING WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Troy Taylor presents the true story of Abraham Lincoln and the Spirit World — from his brushes with the supernatural, his premonitions of death, embrace of Spiritualism, the ghostly funeral train, and his spirited afterlife as one of the most well-traveled ghosts in American history! This will be a night of haunted history that you don’t want to miss!
SPECIAL ST. VALENTINE’S DAY EDITION!
FEBRUARY 14, 2025:
DINNER UNTIL DEATH DO US PART
Troy Taylor presents a special St. Valentine’s Day version of this gruesome event! It’s a love-struck evening like one only Troy can bring you -- one drenched in blood. It’s a time of year that’s famous for romance, but what happens when love dies? Or turns into something evil? It’s a night of wronged lovers, spurned partners, murderous revenge, and more than a handful of ghosts that linger behind – and a special night with your significant other that you simply don’t want to miss!
FEBRUARY 15, 2025:
GREAT RIVER HAUNTINGS TOUR
Join Troy Taylor for Dinner and Spirits as we travel from Alton to Grafton during our NEW tour of the River Road! Departing from the Mineral Springs, we seek out the mystery of the region -- including the Piasa Bird, eerie places, and haunted houses -- before arriving at the Pere Marquette Lodge for their famous fried chicken dinner!
FEBRUARY 21, 2025:
ESTES METHOD EXPERIMENT
Join investigators from American Hauntings as we seek evidence of hauntings and spirits using the modern technique known as the Estes Method. If you’ve ever wanted to come face-to-face with authentic haunted relics – and take part in paranormal experiments with them – this is your chance! Join a limited number of guests and examine, touch, and take part in experiments with actual relics from haunted places, cursed objects, and objects believed to have attachments. Equipment provided or you can bring your own!
FEBRUARY 22, 2025:
EVENING WITH THE ST. LOUIS EXORCISM
Join Troy Taylor for the UNCENSORED, true story of the 1949 St. Louis Exorcism! In this updated and eye-opening presentation, he reveals the full story for the first time, uncovering shocking details that have never been told before. UPDATED AND UNCENSORED!
MARCH 2025
MARCH 7, 2025:
HOLLYWOOD HAUNTINGS FREE SCREENINGS
SESSION 9: Filmed at the real-life Danvers State Hospital in Massachusetts, the film follows an asbestos abatement crew as they come face-to-face with the eerie events of the hospital's past. Even if you've seen it before, you don't want to miss your chance to see it at a haunted museum!
MARCH 8, 2025:
GHOSTS OF THE RIVER ROAD TOUR
Join author Troy Taylor along the Great River Road from Alton to Grafton! The evening begins with dinner at the Bluff City Grill in Alton, followed by a haunted bus tour along the Great River Road. Discover the tales of history and hauntings along the Mississippi River with dark tales, eerie locations, and a stop for drinks at one of Grafton's legendary haunts!
MARCH 15, 2025:
EVENING WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE
Troy Taylor presents a look at the mysterious and macabre writer, his tragic life, unexplained death, and lingering hauntings. Delve into the strange and bizarre world of Edgar Allan Poe, from his early life to his tragic marriage, his insane grief, his dramatically failed career, his links to an unsolved murder, and the mystery of what happened to the writer in the days before his unsolved death. We’ll explore all this and more on this special night of mystery and madness!
MARCH 14, 2025:
THE ALTON SEANCE & THE HISTORY OF SPIRIT COMMUNICATION
Join author Troy Taylor at the American Oddities Museum as he kicks off the evening with a multimedia presentation on the history of spirit communication from the Victorian era to today, followed by a real-life seance in the museum and an authentic attempt to reach loved ones and the spirits present in the building. If you've ever been curious about methods to speak with the dead -- and want to experience them for yourself -- this is the night for you!
MARCH 21, 2025:
GHOSTS OF THE RIVER ROAD TOUR
Join author Troy Taylor along the Great River Road from Alton to Grafton! The evening begins with dinner at the Bluff City Grill in Alton, followed by a haunted bus tour along the Great River Road. Discover the tales of history and hauntings along the Mississippi River with dark tales, eerie locations, and a stop for drinks at one of Grafton's legendary haunts!
MARCH 22, 2025:
EVENING WITH THE AMERICAN WITCH
Troy Taylor presents a chilling journey back in time to explore the history of witchcraft in America! From the Salem witch trials to how folk magic came to our country and became something uniquely American after arriving on our shores! Hex murders, Appalachian witchcraft, Voodoo, Hoodoo, and more -- ripped from the pages of Troy's book, ONE NIGHT IN SALEM! It’s going to be a special night of the strange, unusual, and the macabre – and you don’t want to miss it.
MARCH 28, 2025:
ESTES METHOD EXPERIMENT
Join investigators from American Hauntings as we seek evidence of hauntings and spirits using the modern technique known as the Estes Method. If you’ve ever wanted to come face-to-face with authentic haunted relics – and take part in paranormal experiments with them – this is your chance! Join a limited number of guests and examine, touch, and take part in experiments with actual relics from haunted places, cursed objects, and objects believed to have attachments. Equipment provided or you can bring your own!
MARCH 29, 2025:
AMERICAN SIDESHOWS
Join Troy Taylor for a look at the secret histories of America’s circuses, sideshows, carnival midways, and freak shows! Discover the rise and fall of the big tops, carnivals, sideshows, ballyhoos, baby shows, grind shows, illusions, mitt camps, walk-throughs, and everything in-between – a nearly forgotten part of our history that’s been erased by the changing tastes of the American public. It’s going to be a night that will astonish and amaze you, so don’t miss it!
APRIL 2025
APRIL 5, 2025:
BLACK MIRROR SCRYING WORKSHOP
Join investigators from America Hauntings as we explore this ancient method of spirit communication and a way to interpret messages using images and symbols. Traditionally, scrying is depicted as a form of fortune-telling, a way to peer beyond the present into the future to see what lies ahead, or even give insights into a past life. Modern uses of scrying see it as a tool of self-reflection, allowing those who participate to gain a new perspective on someone or something by peering into the depths of the scrying mirror's reflective surface and yourself. If you're willing to explore this unusual kind of paranormal connection, join us for this event! All items you need will be provided! Just bring yourself and an open mind and see what the mirror holds for you!
APRIL 12, 2025:
GREAT RIVER HAUNTINGS TOUR
Join Troy Taylor for Dinner and Spirits as we travel from Alton to Grafton during our NEW tour of the River Road! Departing from the Mineral Springs, we seek out the mystery of the region -- including the Piasa Bird, eerie places, and haunted houses -- before arriving at the Pere Marquette Lodge for their famous fried chicken dinner!
EASTER WEEKEND EVENT!
APRIL 18, 2025:
EVENING WITH THE ST. LOUIS EXORCISM
Join Troy Taylor for the UNCENSORED, true story of the 1949 St. Louis Exorcism! In this updated and eye-opening presentation, he reveals the full story for the first time, uncovering shocking details that have never been told before. UPDATED AND UNCENSORED!
APRIL 25, 2025:
GHOSTS OF THE RIVER ROAD TOUR
Join author Troy Taylor along the Great River Road from Alton to Grafton! The evening begins with dinner at the Bluff City Grill in Alton, followed by a haunted bus tour along the Great River Road. Discover the tales of history and hauntings along the Mississippi River with dark tales, eerie locations, and a stop for drinks at one of Grafton's legendary haunts!
APRIL 26, 2025:
EVENING WITH THE LEMP FAMILY
Troy Taylor presents the true story of the history and hauntings of the Lemp brewing family of St. Louis! The story of the Lemp family has become the stuff of legend, but it’s one that few people truly know. The Lemp family, and their infamous mansion, have inspired books, ghost stories and television shows, but it’s become nearly impossible to separate fact from fiction about this haunted family – until now.
may 2025
MAY 2, 2025:
ESTES METHOD EXPERIMENT
Join investigators from American Hauntings as we seek evidence of hauntings and spirits using the modern technique known as the Estes Method. If you’ve ever wanted to come face-to-face with authentic haunted relics – and take part in paranormal experiments with them – this is your chance! Join a limited number of guests and examine, touch, and take part in experiments with actual relics from haunted places, cursed objects, and objects believed to have attachments. Equipment provided or you can bring your own!
MAY 9, 2025:
GHOSTS OF THE RIVER ROAD TOUR
Join author Troy Taylor along the Great River Road from Alton to Grafton! The evening begins with dinner at the Bluff City Grill in Alton, followed by a haunted bus tour along the Great River Road. Discover the tales of history and hauntings along the Mississippi River with dark tales, eerie locations, and a stop for drinks at one of Grafton's legendary haunts!
MAY 10, 2025:
AN EVENING WITH H.H. HOLMES
Troy Taylor presents the true story of infamous serial killer H.H. Holmes, who created a “Murder Castle” in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair and lured an unknown number of victims to their deaths! Discover the horrific life and crimes of Holmes, who was dubbed the “Monster of 63rd Street",” and explore the legends that have followed in his wake, from his alleged ties to Jack the Ripper to the “Holmes Curse.” This is a night of history, horror, and hauntings that you don’t want to miss!
MAY 16, 2025:
HOLLYWOOD HAUNTINGS FREE FILM SCREENINGS
THE DARK AND THE WICKED: One of Troy Taylor’s favorite horror films! Filmed at an isolated farm in the midst of the pandemic in 2020, this is one of the most terrifying films ever made. Seething with horror and menace, this is not one for the faint of heart. This film emanates with foreboding from the first frame to the last and uses its silent brooding & gradually escalating atmosphere to crawl under the skin of its viewers — a haunting, unnerving & bone-chilling terror that more than lives up to its name. Join us if you're brave enough to experience this one at the haunted museum!
MAY 17, 2025:
EVENING WITH THE DEAD
Troy Taylor presents a fascinating and sometimes chilling look at America’s history of death, dying, funeral customs and traditions, and more Have you ever wondered how some of America’s most unusual funeral customs began? Interested in the tradition of postmortem photographs? Tried to understand the purpose of wearing black, stopping clocks at the moment of death, using flowers at funerals, and why we started embalming the bodies of the dead? Then you won’t want to miss this historic — and sometimes eerie — evening with Troy Taylor!
MAY 23, 2025:
GHOSTS OF THE RIVER ROAD TOUR
Join author Troy Taylor along the Great River Road from Alton to Grafton! The evening begins with dinner at the Bluff City Grill in Alton, followed by a haunted bus tour along the Great River Road. Discover the tales of history and hauntings along the Mississippi River with dark tales, eerie locations, and a stop for drinks at one of Grafton's legendary haunts!
MAY 24, 2025:
GANGS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Join Troy Taylor for a night of gambling, bootleg liquor, guns, ghosts, Charlie Birger, the Shelton Brothers, and more! Take a trip back in time to 1920s Southern Illinois, where you’ll find bootleg liquor, gambling houses, speakeasies, and had been fighting an all-out, guns in the streets, bullets flying everywhere war between Charlie Birger and Shelton brothers. Amidst all the bloodshed – the gangs of Southern Illinois became legends, leaving behind stories of murder, mayhem, and ghosts! If you have a fascination with the bloody history of Illinois, this is a night you don’t want to miss!
MAY 31, 2025:
GREAT RIVER HAUNTINGS TOUR
Join Troy Taylor for Dinner and Spirits as we travel from Alton to Grafton during our NEW tour of the River Road! Departing from the Mineral Springs, we seek out the mystery of the region -- including the Piasa Bird, eerie places, and haunted houses -- before arriving at the Pere Marquette Lodge for their famous fried chicken dinner!
JUNE 2025
FRIDAY THE 13TH!
JUNE 13, 2025:
EVENING WITH THE ST. LOUIS EXORCISM
Join Troy Taylor for the UNCENSORED, true story of the 1949 St. Louis Exorcism! In this updated and eye-opening presentation, he reveals the full story for the first time, uncovering shocking details that have never been told before. UPDATED AND UNCENSORED!
JUNE 14, 2025:
GHOSTS OF THE RIVER ROAD TOUR
Join author Troy Taylor along the Great River Road from Alton to Grafton! The evening begins with dinner at the Bluff City Grill in Alton, followed by a haunted bus tour along the Great River Road. Discover the tales of history and hauntings along the Mississippi River with dark tales, eerie locations, and a stop for drinks at one of Grafton's legendary haunts!
JUNE 20, 2025:
ESTES METHOD EXPERIMENT
Join investigators from American Hauntings as we seek evidence of hauntings and spirits using the modern technique known as the Estes Method. If you’ve ever wanted to come face-to-face with authentic haunted relics – and take part in paranormal experiments with them – this is your chance! Join a limited number of guests and examine, touch, and take part in experiments with actual relics from haunted places, cursed objects, and objects believed to have attachments. Equipment provided or you can bring your own!
JUNE 21, 2025:
MURDER AND MAYHEM: AMERICAN CULTS
Troy Taylor presents true and uncensored accounts of the strangest and most horrific cults and sects from American history. It’s a frightening collection of American weirdness that reveals the darkest side of humanity and the depths to which innocent people can be led in the name of religion. This is a night that is not for the faint of heart — attend at your own risk!
DINNER TOURS HOSTED BY TROY TAYLOR!
GHOSTS OF THE RIVER ROAD DINNER TOUR! Join author Troy Taylor for Dinner and Spirits along the Great River Road from Alton to Grafton! The evening begins with dinner at the Bluff City Grill in Alton, followed by a haunted bus tour along the River Road!
SEE THE SCHEDULE ABOVE!
GREAT RIVER HAUNTINGS DINNER TOUR!
Join author Troy Taylor for Dinner and Spirits as we travel from Alton to Grafton -- but with different stories and locations from our other River Road Tour — then dinner at the Pere Marquette Lodge for their famous, family-style fried chicken dinner! SEE THE SCHEDULE ABOVE!
SPIRITS OF ALTON DINNER TOUR
Join Troy Taylor on a Dinner and Spirits tour of Haunted Alton! The evening begins with dinner at the Bluff City in Alton, followed by an eerie bus tour of the city!
SEE THE SCHEDULE ABOVE!
Other Ghost Tours from American Hauntings
WEIRD CHICAGO
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Ghosts, Gangsters, Mystery & Mayhem of the Windy City!
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ALTON HAUNTINGS
ALTON, ILLINOIS
Discover the ghosts of "One of the Most Haunted Small Towns in America!"
CLICK HERE FOR SCHEDULE AND RESERVATIONS!
SPRINGFIELD HAUNTINGS SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
Discover the Haunted History of Abraham Lincoln’s Hometown!
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HAUNTED DECATUR
DECATUR, ILLINOIS
Discover the Spirits, Secrets, Scandals and Sins of on one of the longest-running ghost tours in the state!
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