Illinois native Troy Taylor is the author of more than 120 books about ghosts and the unexplained in America, including Haunted Illinois and True Crime: Illinois. He is the founder and owner of American Hauntings Tours and Events and founder of the Haunted America Conference, America's original ghost conference. Along with writing about the unusual and hosting tours, Taylor is also a public speaker on the subject of ghosts and hauntings. has appeared in scores of newspaper and magazine articles about the subject and in hundreds of radio and television broadcasts about the supernatural.