Join the St. Louis Writers Guild from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CDT on Saturday, October 4, 2025, for a free workshop with author/entrepreneur Troy Taylor on his storied career built on telling ghost stories in all their diverse forms and spectral shapes.

Our presenter, Troy Taylor, will join us LIVE for this FREE workshop. We will gather at The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des Peres Rd., St. Louis, MO, 63131for the presentation, or you may attend the meeting online. To do so, follow the event link from the St. Louis Writers Guild website.

Join author Troy Taylor for a spirited discussion about his thirty-two years as an independent writer, tour guide, museum owner, and business operator, who somehow survived the 90s and has kept a company afloat through bad weather, floods, pandemics, and worse. In an attempt to answer the questions he's most often asked, Troy reveals how he got his start, why he worked in the carnival, how he made up a job out of thin air, why he writes about ghosts and true crime, why you should never buy a haunted movie theater, and much more! It's an entertaining and freewheeling presentation that will have you scratching and wondering how he's managed to still be around to tell the tale!

Troy Taylor is the author of more than 150 books on history, hauntings, true crime, the unexplained, and the supernatural in America. He is the founder of American Hauntings Ink, which offers books, events, and ghost tours, and is the owner of the American Oddities Museum in Alton, Illinois. He is also the writer and co-host of the American Hauntings Podcast.  He has appeared in numerous television shows and documentaries, and his book about the St. Louis exorcism of 1949 is currently under option to be turned into a film by a major production company.