Join American Hauntings for the 27th Annual Dead of Winter Event — held each year in Alton, Illinois, this year at the Best Western Premier Conference Center and Hotel! Spend the day celebrating the spooky winter season of ghosts, hauntings, folklore, and legends while also supporting a great cause! Your generosity during this annual food drive will help to feed the hungry in the region during the coldest time of the year! So, join us at the BWP for this FREE daytime event! You’ll have the chance to be chilled by presentations on ghosts, hauntings, and the unexplained, meet speakers and authors, browse the vendor room, and make this one of the best days you’ll have all winter!

Join us in the conference center at the hotel for our line-up of speakers (see below), who will be appearing throughout the day, and then check out the vendor room in the hotel atrium, where you can shop for a variety of books and other items geared toward paranormal interests, including American Hauntings Ink!

There is no charge for general admission to the daytime events between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM, but we hope we can count on you to bring along items to benefit local food banks in the area. The region has nearly 20,000 people in need, and more than 7,000 of them are children. We'll be donating all of the items collected to the local Alton food bank, so bring a canned good or non-perishable food item with you for entry to this eerie event!

At this year’s dead of winter event!

-Held at the Great Rivers Conference Center & Hotel
(Formerly Best Western Premier)
-VIP Packages with Reserved Seating!
-FREE admission with canned goods!
-Large Vendor Area — and More!