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Debe Branning: Haunted Arizona

FREE LECTURE:

Author and history activist Debe Branning will share her considerable knowledge of the Arizona afterlife scene and spirits of the Old West at her free lecture on January 23.

Debe is the author of Sleeping With Ghosts-A Ghost Hunter’s Guide to AZ’s Haunted Hotels and Inns (2004), Grand Canyon Ghost Stories (2012), and two children’s books, The Adventures of Chickolet Pigolet–The Bribe of Frankenbeans and The Adventures of Chickolet Pigolet–Murmur on the Oink Express. Other books include The Graveyard Shift-Arizona’s Historic and Haunted Cemeteries and The Adventures of Chickolet Pigolet –You Ought to be in Pig-tures. She pens columns for Examiner.com titled “Arizona Haunted Sites” and “Haunted Places” so travelers know where they might find a ghost or two as when they visit Arizona and the United States.

Debe is the director of the MVD Ghostchasers of Mesa/Bisbee paranormal team that conducts investigations of haunted, historical locations throughout Arizona. She has been a guest lecturer at Ottawa University, Central Arizona College, Arizona State University and South Mountain Community College. She conducts the historic cemetery tours for the Pioneers’ Cemetery Association in Phoenix and is currently working on a fundraiser project called “Dining Among the Dead.”

  • January 23, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

SUGGESTIONS FOR LECTURE ATTENDEES:

  • Bring your own lawn chair;
  • Don’t forget a hat and sunscreen;
  • Please, no smoking;
  • Please don’t leave your dog in vehicle;
  • Coffee and cookies will be available for purchase with all of the proceeds going to the museum for continuing educational programs;
  • Come early and have lunch on the grounds. Food will be available for purchase.