First of McGregor paranormal episodes will be unveiled at premiere event

By Audrey Posten | Times-Register

View the first episode in a seven-part series on the paranormal investigations conducted in McGregor over the summer at a premiere event at Backwoods Bar and Grill.

The premiere will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9, and is free to attend. People are encouraged to arrive early to order food and drinks.

The first episode will focus on McGregor’s river pirates, according to author and psychic Adrian Lee, who led the investigations with his “Unscripted Paranormal” team.

“There’s more going on in town than just pirates, but it just so happens, if you want to sell a TV series, pirates are quite popular,” Lee shared.

Subsequent episodes, some of which are still in post-production, will highlight poet E. Leslie Spaulding, who died in a fire at what is now the Past 100 Years antique shop, as well as investigations at the American and Ryan Houses. Others will touch on the caves behind those buildings, along with discoveries at The Left Bank Shop and Gallery and a home owned by Deb Scott.

“It’s a really good overview of the town and aspects of history,” Lee said.

When Lee originally came to McGregor with a production company, he admitted the plan was to create one hour-long episode highlighting the whole town.

“We filmed in so many locations over such a prolonged period that they had more information than they needed. They had so much footage they decided to turn it into seven episodes,” Lee explained.

“So it was decided this would be a stand alone series called the ‘Ghosts of McGregor.’”

Lee said the team is still determining on which streaming platform the McGregor episodes will air. He’s excited for audiences to see them, calling it some of the best filming he’s done.

“That’s for many reasons,” he said. “The location is great—the town looks fantastic, like a Hallmark film. The evidence is incredible. Some of the imagery, audio and data we have on the ghosts is some of the best we’ve had. And we have such an amazing team. They’ve been filming for years.”

“It really came together at the right place and the right time with the right people and equipment,” he added.

Viewing the episodes was interesting for Lee because, in the moment, he doesn’t catch everything that’s been filmed.

“I’m chatting away. I’m not getting what they’re filming, what they’re seeing. When I go back and look at the footage, I’m like ‘wow,’” he expressed.

Lee and members of his team will be at the premiere event at Backwoods. In addition to the showing, they will present some never-before-seen evidence and perhaps bits and pieces of other episodes.

There will also be a question and answer session.

“You’ll have a big range of people there to get their opinions on what took place and some of the places that were most haunted. We’re also going to advertise the fact I’ve got more coming up,” Lee said.

The premiere is just Lee’s latest paranormal foray into McGregor. The investigations spawned a book entitled “Mysterious McGregor” as well as two weekends of ghost tours around Halloween.

Now, he’s planning a “Ghost Hunting 101” workshop on Saturday, Jan. 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. The workshop will be held at the McGregor Historical Museum, who partnered with him on the paranormal activities.

“I’m going to show people how the equipment works, do demonstrations, play evidence of things we’ve received on that equipment, and we may even see if there are any ghosts and spirits that want to come through and talk to us. A behind-the-scenes,” Lee explained.

There will be a fee to attend. Sign up information will be posted on the McGregor Historical Museum Facebook page.

Lee described the workshop as for all ranges: new paranormal investigators and those who have previously dabbled.

“You can always take something away,” he said. “It won’t be scary. More like a fact-finding mission, historically.”