Aug 242010

As several of you know, I’m buying full rights to the film “I Hunt Ghosts”  and paying for distribution for the film as well. To do this, I need investors to help cover expenses and have a few options that I’ve made available for those interested in helping… If your interested in helping me out by these methods, the extended deadline to do so is now September 1st. I am doing this all via paypal with invoicing set up specifically for each person so you will have a receipt of your donation and what your getting for it…

“Sponsor” Donation ($110 Min Donation)

  • Commercial to play at opening of film (distributed this way) (your responsible for filming of commercial and commercial needs to be turned into me by Sept. 1st).
  • 6 Copies of “I Hunt Ghosts” DVD (Autographed)
  • 6 Autographed Photos
  • Listed as a producer in credits, and ability to purchase future copies at wholesale price while in distribution for resale and/or personal handing out. (*this does not include the ability to produce live public viewings or enter the film in festivals)

“Producer” Donation ($60 Min Donation)

  • 4 Copies of “I Hunt Ghosts” DVD (Autographed)
  • 4 Autographed Photos
  • Listed as a producer in credits, and ability to purchase future copies at wholesale price while in distribution for resale and/or personal handing out. (*this does not include the ability to produce live public viewings or enter the film in festivals)

“Presale” Donation ($20 Min Donation)

  • 1 copy of “I Hunt Ghosts” DVD (Autographed)
  • 1 Autographed Photo
  • Your name (personal or business) included in the credits of the film for knowing a good film before seeing it.

If you are interested in making a donation with any one of the options above, please send me an email to let me know how much you wish to donate, and I will send you a Paypal invoice for the amount you choose so you have a receipt for your donation, and the invoice will also include the package details above that meets your donation amount.

NEW SPECIAL FOR ALL WHO HELP: I WILL GET YOU DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR THE 2010 CHICAGO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL AND PRODUCERS GET DISCOUNTED TICKET TO THE WORLD PREMIER SHOWING OF I HUNT GHOSTS AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE!

Thank you in advance for your help with this project,

Willy Adkins
www.IHuntGhosts.net

www.SpookShowEntertainment.com

Aug 082010

Listen to Dead Speak Paranormal Radio LIVE Today at 6pm CST to hear my interview with the lovely Renee Graham!  Just click on the banner above to hear the show today at 6pm CST!

I’ll be talking with Renee about the upcoming Afterlife Paranormal Conference this coming weekend, Mr. Willy’s Killer Creatures, Ghost Hunting, Live & Love!  So Listen In!

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!

Jul 112010

Spike the Cat came to be in 2009 with the help of CR Nightmare, and has remained in Mr. Willy’s personal collection since creation.  Now finally to be released!  Spike is hand crafted and painted.  He has a spike mo-hawk, paw print feet, white capped needle whiskers and a chrome key charm!  Make Spike yours!  He is most definitely one of a kind!

FREE Shipping to the USA!  Check him out in my store by CLICKING HERE!

Jun 272010

This Awesome Watch is Available For Sale in My Store!

Only a couple available!  ONLY $22 WITH FREE SHIPPING!

Brilliant Pirate Skull Men’s Leather Cuff Watch made with genuine leather strip, excellent designed that draws admirations from friends and colleagues. Makes a great gift for your loved one!

  • Unique pave back of hand, bracelet and key ring design
  • Oversize black dial with silver skull and bats patterns
  • Gothic theme bracelet decorated with skull and demons and link to the watch
  • Special stainless steel key ring for your convenience to wear (finger)
  • Precision Japan quartz movement
  • Daily water resistance (not for showering and swimming)
  • Color may not appear as exactly as in real life due to variations between the computer monitors and naked eye color difference.

Item details:
Dial Diameter: 3.9cm
Thickness of watchcase: 2cm
Watchcase material: alloy
Watchcase color: white

MORE PHOTOS AND/OR TO PURCHASE CLICK HERE!

Jun 022010

Jun 022010

Well, its blog time… Its been awhile since my last regular blog, and a certain topic has been on my mind a lot…

Over the last couple years I have seen numbers at my music / charity events decline… I have been booking some amazing artists like Bloodstream Parade, Dies Mali and even Marazene before the passing of our good friend Kristov…  For some reason, the people haven’t been there… Posters, paid advertising on facebook, myspace, handbills and even on air radio interviews haven’t seemed to help much… Regardless, I have kept pushing on…

I pushed myself to keep producing the best music festivals I could, even when I was quite literally homeless, without work and struggling…

I have also been pushing extremely hard to keep some kind of metal / dark arts scene alive in the west suburbs and Dekalb area…  And then it hit me, quite literally…  I physically got jumped by members of a band I have booked and promoted repeatedly.  (no worries folks, I walked away just fine)… Some people had offered to “go beat the hell out of those talentless, immature little assholes”… I got a little chuckle and replied “No, thats ok… immature they very much are, but they will learn how bad they fucked up eventually”…   but what hit me (other then a very week right fist) was the fact that my hard work seems to go unappreciated… Why push for a metal / dark arts scene when this is all I get in return…  I am just finding less and less reason to keep trying…

Twisted Wish Productions is something that I have prided myself on for half a decade now.  I know what it is like to face cancer, to be without food, to be without a place to call home, to be hospitalized and to have a newborn in an incubator with a high risk of dieing… For all of these reasons I felt that TWP was my way to help promote the arts while at the same time helping others with several of the issues I have encountered in my life, and several other issues that are equally as hard if not even harder.  But I keep finding myself asking, is it really worth all of the effort that I personally put into each of these events if I’m only able to give a hundred dollars to the charity I aim to benefit?  Should I save myself the months of work involved in producing each and every one of these events and simply help those I want to help by opening my wallet and paying the same amount?  These are all things that have been running through my head a lot as of late… I have held off writing this for a good 3 weeks now….

So, the conclusion… I am going to concentrate more on my paranormal / ghost hunting events and endeavors.  They just seem to be more worth while to me and people seem to appreciate the work that I do in the field.  Does this mean I won’t be doing any more music events at all?  No, most definitely not… but they will be very very minimal…  The quote “less is more” comes to mind… I will continue to produce my Spook Show event every year and maybe the Holiday Healing event I’ve done the last 2 years at The House Cafe…  That is assuming people will be attending… Yes, even my annual Spook Show has been in question for me…

I have an annual event called The Twisted Wish Summer Sizzle, that my good friend Jason Sullivan use to produce with me every year.  The Summer Sizzle has been scheduled for July 31st (the day after my 30th birthday) this year at The House Cafe in Dekalb.  I have been working hard on this event over the last month and will keep this event this year.  Panda Gail is traveling from Louisville KY to perform at this event and Steve Diess is also booked.  I am in talks with a few other groups for the event as well, but will save names until I have a solid confirmation…  Regardless, this will be the very last Twisted Wish Summer Sizzle event and I hope you will all come show your support one last time…

The Twisted Wish Spook Show has not yet been officially scheduled yet.  I’m still trying to decide what venue I want to work with on this event.  But I will be booking it sometime very soon.  Some details are in place already… One part of the event will be me conducting a gothic wedding ceremony as “Mr Willy”… No, this isn’t a fake wedding, it is very much real (I am an ordained minister for those who didn’t know)… And I also plan to put up my very first Mr. Willy hat for auction…  I am also calling the 2010 Spook Show a decision making event… This event has been my pride and joy for 5 years straight… If no support is shown, then I will officially put it to sleep that evening.  If the community don’t come to show its support at the Spook Show Event, that sometime before the close of the event I will be on stage thanking those in attendance for attending the very last Twisted Wish Spook Show Event…

It brings me to tears to write this very long blog… but I would rather be spending more time with my 2 beautiful girls, my fiancee and family if all of my hard work, time and effort is just to go unrecognized yet again.

With all of this said, I want to thank the fallowing for all of their outstanding support and extra efforts over the years:

Dixie Belle, Bethany Madison, Mom, Dad, Mikka, Jason Sullivan, Kordyla, Zocko, Demetra Dokos, Nikk Skum, Dietrich, Kristov (RIP my friend), Marazene, Broken Vegas, Dies Mali, Wolf, Bloodstream Parade, Brian Leh, Art of the Flesh, ShaNIN, Panda Gail, Kitty Mortland, Zachary Harris, Steve Diess, Renee Nanzer, Patrick @ The Rock Barn, Matthew & Jan, and of course The House Cafe.

Jun 012010

AMERICAN GHOST SOCIETY MULTI-CHAPTER MEETING IN GALENA IL!
Willy Adkins (Dekalb Area Rep) & Chad Griffiths (Rockford Area Rep) are excited to announce the location of our next American Ghost Society Northern Illinois meeting!

When: Saturday, July 24th at 3pm
Where: Char O’Brian’s 301 N Main St., Galena, Illinois 61038

The Char O’Brian’s Family Dining is part of the historic Logan House, hang out for General Grant and his card playing buddies! This FREE meeting is open to the public and will include the haunted and historical background of the location as well as many locations across northern Illinois including such places as Galena’s Turner Hall, Dekalb’s Historic Egyptian Theater, and Tinker Swiss Cottage in Rockford!  In order to get a proper headcount, if you wish to attend the meeting please visit register everyone who will be coming with you by getting your FREE General Admission Ticket(s) Above.  Bring your printed ticket (will be emailed to you) to be entered into a drawling for free give aways!  We also welcome and encourage you to enjoy dinner with us at Char O’Brian’s as well.  And if your a ghost hunter who enjoys “spirits”, the bar will be open!

After the meeting join us as local Historian Steven Repp leads All About a Ghost walking tours from the DeSoto House Hotel on Main Street at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays before Monday holidays year-round, $10. In inclement weather, indoor programs replace the 80-minute tours.

We hope to see everyone there!

Regards,

Willy Adkins

www.AfterlifeParanromal.com

www.IllinoisGhostHunters.com

Chad Griffiths

www.Paranormal-Research-Of-Illinois.com

Visit Char O’Brian’s Website at www.CharOBrians.com

Register for AMERICAN GHOST SOCIETY MULTI-CHAPTER MEETING MAY 2010  in Sycamore, IL  on Eventbrite

May 312010

The 2010 Afterlife Paranormal Conference

CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE TO GET ALL THE DETAILS AND TO PURCHASE TICKETS!!!

May 132010

AMERICAN GHOST SOCIETY MULTI-CHAPTER MEETING IN SYCAMORE IL!
Willy Adkins (Dekalb Area Rep) & Chad Griffiths (Rockford Area Rep) are excited to announce the location of our next American Ghost Society Northern Illinois meeting!

When: Saturday, May 29 at 2pm
Where: Stratford Inn Hotel, 355 W State St., Sycamore, Illinois 60178

The Haunted Stratford Inn Hotel was founded in 1926 on part of the original Ellwood mansion. This FREE meeting is open to the public and will include the haunted and historical background of the location as well as many locations across northern Illinois including such places as Galena, Dekalb’s Historic Egyptian Theater, and Tinker Swiss Cottage in Rockford! We will be meeting in the Chamber Room of the Stratford Inn Hotel. In order to get a proper headcount, if you wish to attend the meeting please register everyone who will be coming with you by getting your FREE General Admission Ticket(s) Below.  Bring your printed ticket (will be emailed to you) to be entered into a drawling for free give aways!  We hope to see everyone there!

Register for AMERICAN GHOST SOCIETY MULTI-CHAPTER MEETING MAY 2010 in Sycamore, IL  on Eventbrite

May 032010

Here is a list of the award winners from The 2010 Indy Horror Film Festival this weekend! I will be blogging soon about all of the event details! Thanks to everyone who came out to support independent art!