Over 260 people attended this year’s annual “Night of the Paranormal” event at The Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach this year.  The 7th annual October expo of the weird, unusual and eerie came together well.

Due to the tragic loss of his wife, Dot Diehl-Carlson, “Master of the Weird,” Charlie Carlson was unable to fill his usual role of Master of Ceremonies this year. But, at the last minute Charlie, the main producer of the popular event, was able to jump back into the production and helped make this years event one of the best in both attendance and things to see and do.

Pangea’s, Scott Marlowe, was asked to stand in as MC and did a fine job keeping things moving along on stage.  Marlowe tantalized the audience with a presentation on Weird Creatures of Florida in addition to his duties as the stage moderator.  The presentation turned out to be one of the highlights of the evening.

The lobby was filled with an array of unusual exhibits and personalities. Charlie, with the help of side-kick actor, Owen Sliter, brought in his circus sideshow exhibits.  Captain Black Jack, a tarot card reading pirate, had people standing in line for a reading.

The main event of the evening was a viewing of the movie “Henry Blackhart is Dead” on the theater's big screen followed by a “debate” featuring Owen Sliter, as America’s favorite ghost-hunting skeptic, and Julie Powell, reprising her role as the medium “Sophie Lorenzo” in the Blackhart movie.  The debate was moderated by Marlowe dressed to the nines as a Death Eater from the popular Harry Potter books. The lively, but good spirited discussion had quite a bit of give and take on stage

Also featured was "Fright Night", a laser light show with Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” providing the musical background.