Rita Straus Berkowitz is known throughout the world for her portraits of loved ones from the other side. Rita has also authored Empowering Your Life with Angels, and co-authored The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Communicating with Spirits, now in its second printing. Rita has studied and taught at the Arthur Findley College in Essex England and has lectured at colleges, New Age Centers, and Spiritual Churches in the United States and Canada. She is an accomplished artist that has shown her paintings throughout New York and New England. Rita is also an Ordained Minister in the Spiritualist Church and a pastor of the First Spiritualist Church of Quincy, Massachusetts.

A certified medium with a Master of Science in Psychological Counseling, Rita provides private sittings, classes and is responsible for having trained many professional mediums. Rita is featured on OfSpirit.com, BestPsychicMediums.com, has been a guest on “It’s Your Call” with Lynn Doyle on CN8TV, “Angels in Waiting” Los Angeles, CA, HayHouse.com and many radio and television shows.

Dr. R. Craig Hogan is a writing instructor and the author of The Eternal Self as well as a number of other books on writing and he has had several publications in esteemed journals. Additionally, Dr. R. Craig Hogan has created a number of spirituality-based websites.

Dr. Hogan is also the co-author of Induced After Death Communication: A New Therapy for Healing Grief and Trauma which he wrote with Allan Botkin, Psy.D. Induced After Death Communication® is a process that is used to assist those that are grieving by helping them reconnect with the deceased; otherwise referred to as IADC®, the method was first discovered by Allan L. Botkin in 1995. IADC® relies on the utilization of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprogramming (EMDR), but in a different manner than the traditional uses of EMDR involve. Tonight he will discuss with us his work and writing, and will share information about his latest book, The Eternal Self, as well as information on EMDR and its utilization in Induced After Death Communication®.

Deborah LeBlanc is an award-winning, best-selling author and business owner from Lafayette, Louisiana. She is also a licensed death scene investigator and an active member of two national paranormal investigation teams. Deborah’s books include Water Witch, Morbid Curiosity, A House Divided, Five Strokes To Midnight, Grave Intent, and Family Inheritance.

She is the president of the Horror Writers Association, president of the Writers' Guild of Acadiana, president of Mystery Writers of America's Southwest Chapter, and an active member of Sisters in Crime, Novelists Inc, and International Thriller Writers Inc. In 2004, she created the LeBlanc Literacy Challenge, an annual national campaign designed to encourage more people to read, and two years later, she founded Literacy Inc. a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting illiteracy in America's teens. Deborah also takes her passion for literacy and a powerful ability to motivate to high schools around the country.

Marla is the host of Stirring The Cauldron on Para-X radio every Thursday at 9 PM Eastern Time and on CBS Psychic Radio on Friday night at 9:00 PM. Marla Brooks is also an paranormal investigator and the author of Ghosts of Hollywood: The Show Still Goes on, Ghosts of Hollywood II: Talking to Spirits, Ghosts of Hollywood III, and Workplace Spells - Everyday Magick on the Job! She is also the author of three different cookbooks including The Celebrity Cookbook: Kitchen Secrets of the Rich and Famous, How To Cook Like a Jewish Grandmother, and Eat Like the Stars Cookbook: Celebrities Favorite Recipes. Finally, Marla also wrote a reference book entitled The American Family On Television

Marla has resided in Hollywood for her entire life and has gained a strong connection with the city. She began her career as a writer freelancing in the entertainment industry and writing stories about various Hollywood celebrities for a variety of magazines including Los Angeles Magazine and Inside Hollywood. Marla’s interest in the paranormal has stemmed from her understanding that there is “more to this world than meets the eye,” and she continues to maintain a fascination for the unexplained. She has since gotten involved in paranormal investigation and has had paranormal experiences of her own.

Presently, Marla, her partner Ken, their dog Kalli, their cat Pipsqueak, and their bird Bentley reside in a circa 1921 Hollywood home filled with several lively spirits that make their presence evident once in a while to keep the family on their toes.