The First Mothman Festival 2002:

The First Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, November 16th 2002.

The Second Mothman 2003:

The Second Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 13th 2003. This featured the grand unveiling of the iconic Mothman statue by West Virginia artist Bob Roach. The festival’s guest of honor was John Keel, author of The Mothman Prophecies (1975).

The Third Mothman 2004:

The Third Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 18th and Sunday, September 19th of 2004.

The Fourth Mothman 2005:

The Fourth Mothman Festival took place on Friday, September 16th and Saturday, September 17th 2005.

Visitors:
A “History Channel” film crew attended The Mothman festival in addition to shooting on location in the TNT area with original Mothman witness Linda Scarberry. Also, New York film maker Matt Pellowski was in town during the festival preparing for his Mothman documentary which was later named “Eyes of The Mothman.” It was set to begin production in the following few months.

Guest Speakers:

• Rosemary Ellen Guiley (Paranormal Author)
• Susan Sheppard (Paranormal Author)
• Robin Pyatt Bellamy (Paranormal Author)
• Dave Peyton
• Chad Lambert (Author of “Return To Point Pleasant” Mothman comic book)

The Fifth Mothman Festival 2006:

The Fifth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 16th and Sunday, September 17th 2006.

Visitors: Mothman/paranormal witnesses Linda Scarberry, Faye Dewitt-Leport and Merle Partridge were all in attendance at the event and seated at a guest table to talk with festival goers.

Guest Speakers:

• Chad Lambert (Author of “Return To Point Pleasant” Mothman comic book)
• Robin Pyatt Bellamy (Writer/Paranormal Researcher)
• Ralph Turner (Former 1966 Herald Dispatch Field Reporter)
• Loren Coleman (Author/Researcher) (Topic: “The Real Mothman”)

The Sixth Mothman Festival 2007:

The Sixth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 15th and Sunday, September 16th 2007.

Guest Mothman/Paranormal Witnesses:

There were Mothman witnesses and authors at a guest table under a tent from 1-3 pm on Saturday.

• Linda Scarberry (Eyewitness on November 15th 1966)
• Tom Ury (Chased in car by giant bird)
• Faye Dewitt (Eyewitness at TNT area 1966)
• Dottie Campbell (Close friend of writer Mary Hyre and “Men In Black” witness)

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 15th (Riverfront Amphitheater)

• 11:00 AM – Chad Lambert (Author of “Return To Point Pleasant” Mothman comic book)
• 12:00 Noon – Ryan Buell (Host of A&E Paranormal State TV series)
• 1:00 PM – Susan Sheppard (Author/Ghost Researcher)
  (Topic: “Woodrow Derenberger and Indrid cold”)
• 2:00 PM – Robin Peyatt Bellamy (Paranormal Author and Reported Mothman Witness)
  (Topic: “Vortex In Point Pleasant-Lowe Hotel Hauntings”)
• 3:00 PM – Rosemary Ellen Guiley (Paranormal Author)
  (Topic: “Mothman Throughout History”)
• 4:00 PM – Andy Colvin (Paranormal Author/Photographer)
  (Topic: “The Mothman Photographer”)

Sunday, September 16th (Riverfront Amphitheater)

• 1:00 PM – Travis Short (Film maker of the unreleased “Dark Wings” Mothman Documentary)
• 2:00 PM – Dan Cutler (Chief Cornstalk Re-enactor)
• 3:00 PM – Carol McCormick/Prodigy Group Speaking on: “Paranormal Activity In Everyday Life”
• 4:00 PM – James Willis (Founder/Director and “The Ghosts of Ohio” Website)

The Seventh Mothman Festival 2008:

The Seventh Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 20th and Sunday, September 21st of 2008.

Visitors: Ernie Brown or “Turtleman” from Kentucky was there on Saturday and Sunday with a 40lb giant snapping turtle for handling demonstrations.

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 20th

• 12:00 Noon – Chad Lambert (Mothman Comic Writer)
• 1:00 PM – Frank Feschino Jr. (Braxton County Monster Author)
• 2:00 PM – Rosemary Guiley (Paranormal Author)
• 3:00 PM – Susan Sheppard (Author/Ghost Researcher)
• 4:00 PM – Robin Peyatt Bellamy (Author)

Sunday, September 21st

• 12:00 Noon – Neal Parks (Author/Paranormal Researcher)
• 1:00 PM – Travis Short (“Dark Wings” Documentary Filmmaker)
• 2:00 PM – Jason Clyburn of Prodigy Group (Dayton, Ohio, Ghost Hunters)
• 3:00 PM – James Willis (Co-Author of Weird Ohio)
• 4:00 PM – Tom Moore (Parkersburg Ghost Hunter)
• 4:30 PM – Bob Wilkinson (Gray Barker Documentary Filmmaker)

The Eight Mothman Festival 2009:

The Eight Mothman Festival took place on Sunday, September 19th and Saturday. September 20th 2009

Visitors: Kentucky’s “Turtleman” was there Saturday and Sunday with a giant snapping turtle for handling demonstrations.

Guest Speakers:

• James A. Willis (Topic: “The Spooky Side of Abraham Lincoln“)
• Rosemary Ellen Guiley (Paranormal Author) (Topic: “Vampires”)

The Ninth Mothman Festival 2010:

The Ninth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 18th and Sunday, September 19th of 2010.

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 18th

• 10:00 AM – Chad Lambert (Mothman Comic Writer)
• 11:00 AM – Joe Clark (Founder of Commonwealth Paranormal)
• 12:00 Noon – Alan Caviness (UFO investigator, “Caviness Report”)
• 1:00 PM – Susan Shephard (Author/Ghost Researcher)
• 2:00 PM – Rosemary Guiley (Paranormal Author)
• 3:00 PM – Tom Ury (1966 Mothman Witness)
• 4:00 PM – “Eyes of Mothman” Documentary Screening (And Q&A with director Matt Pellowski)

Sunday, September 19th

• 12:00 Noon – Christa Carr (West Virginia State Social Studies Fair Project Winner)
• 1:00 PM – Ericca Cordier (Author of “Mothman Returns”)
• 2:00 PM – Kurt McCoy (Author of “White Things”)
• 3:00 PM – Andy Colvin (Author, “Mothman’s Photographer”)

The Tenth Mothman Festival 2011:

The Tenth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th of 2011.

Visitors: Mothman/paranormal witnesses Tom Ury, Faye DetWitt, and Lawrence Gray were at meet and greet tables from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 17th (State Theater)

• 10:00 AM – Chad Lambert (Mothman Comic Writer)
• 11:00 AM – Joe Clark (Founder of Commonwealth Paranormal)
• 12:00 Noon – Alvin Caviness (UFO investigator, “Caviness Report”)
• 1:00 PM – Andy Colvin (Paranormal Author, “Mothman’s Photographer”)
• 2:00 PM – Susan Shephard (Author/Ghost Researcher)
• 3:00 PM – Rosemary Guiley (Paranormal Author/Investigator)
• 4:00 PM – Tom Ury (1966 Mothman Witness)

Film Screenings (State Theater): “The Eyes of The Mothman” Documentary + Q&A with Director Matt Pellowski at 6:00 PM and “The Mothman Prophecies (2002)” Movie at 9:00 PM.

Sunday, September 18th (State Theater)

• 1:00 PM – Jeff Wamsley (Topic: “Mothman 101” )
• 2:00 PM – Susanna Holstein (Topic: “WV Ghost Legends”)
• 3:00 PM – Unknown  

The Eleventh Mothman Festival 2012:

The Eleventh Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 15th and Sunday, September 16th of 2012.

Visitors: 1966 Mothman/paranormal experiencers Faye Dewitt, Tom Ury, and Report Mary Hyre’s niece Sharon Shull were at the guest table from 1:00 to 3:00PM in front of Mothman Statue.

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 15th

• 11:00 AM – Chad Lambert (Mothman Comic Writer)
• 12:00 Noon – Jeff Waldridge (Paranormal Researcher from Kentucky)
• 1:00 PM – Stan Gordon (Topic: “UFOs and Bigfoot in Pennsylvania”)
• 2:00 PM – Rosemary Guiley (Topic: “Famous Monsters of West Virginia”)
• 3:00 PM – Susan Shepherd (Author/Ghost Researcher) (Topic: “Newell Partridge and Bandit, Indrid Cold“)
• 4:00 PM – Tom Ury (1966 Mothman Witness) (Topic: “Gray Barker and The Silver Bridge Book”)

Film Screenings (State Theater): “The Eyes of The Mothman” documentary at 6:00 PM and “The Mothman Prophecies (2002)” Movie at 7:00 PM.

Sunday, September 16th

• 12:00 Noon – Joey Madia (Topic: “Mothman Play Sneak Preview”)
• 1:00 PM – Fritz Zimmerman (Topic: “Point Pleasant Native American Burial Grounds”)
• 2:00 PM – Robin Bellamy (Topic: “The Haunted Lowe Hotel”)
• 3:00 PM – Sharon Shull (Niece of reporter Mary Hyre)

The Twelfth Mothman Festival 2013:

The Twelfth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 21st and Sunday 22nd, September of 2013.

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 21st

• 10:00 AM – Patrecia Gray (Topic: Mothman Experiences)
• 11:00 AM – Chad Lambert (Mothman Comic Writer)
• 12:00 Noon – Fred Saluga (Topic: “UFOs and Cryptozoology”)
• 1:00 PM – Stan Gordon (UFO/Sasquatch Researcher) (Topic: “Strange Pennsylvania”)
• 2:00 PM – Rosemary Guiley (Topic: “Haunted West Virginia”)
• 3:00 PM – Susan Sheppard (Author/Ghost Researcher) (Topic: “The Derenberger Tapes”)
• 4:00 PM – Lyle Blackburn (Topic: “Beast of Boggy Creek”)
• 5:00 PM – Sharon Shull (Niece of reporter Mary Hyre) (Topic: “Mary Hyre/UFO Sightings”)
• 6:00 PM – Robin Bellamy (Topic: “The History of Mothman”)
• 7:00 PM – Jeff Waldridge (Paranormal Researcher from Kentucky)
• 8:00 PM – Bill Bean (Topic: “Paranormal Experiences”)

Sunday, September 22nd

• 12:00 Noon – Tom Ury (1966 Mothman Witness)
• 1:00 PM – Neal Parks (Topic: “Gargoyles, Angels and Demons”)
• 2:00 PM – Dale Morton (Artist) (Topic:” Making The Mothman Festival Costume”)
• 3:00 PM – Matt Pellowski (Director) (Topic: “The Eyes of Mothman Documentary”)

The Thirteenth Mothman Festival 2014:

The Thirteenth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 20th and Sunday, September 21st 2014.

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 20th

• 10:00 AM – Patricia Gray
• 11:00 AM – Chad Lambert (Mothman Comic Writer)
• 12:00 Noon – Neal Parks (Author/Ghost Researcher)
• 1:00 PM – Sharon Shull (Niece of reporter Mary Hyre) and Faye Dewitt (1966 Mothman Witness)
• 2:00 PM – Rosemary Ellen Gulley (Paranormal Author/Investigator)
• 3:00 PM – Susan Sheppard (Author/Ghost Researcher)
• 4:00 PM – Craig Woolheater and Nick Redfern
• 5:00 PM – Fred Saluga (Director of WV & Penn. Mutual UFO Network)
• 6:00 PM – Sherri Brake (Author/Ghost Researcher)
• 7:00 PM – Stan Gordon (UFO/Sasquatch Researcher)
• 8:00 PM – Robin Bellamy
• 9:00 PM – Andy Colvin (Paranormal Author, “Mothman’s Photographer”)

Sunday, September 21st

• 11 AM – Round Table Discussion With Various Speakers
• 12:00 Noon – Brian Seech
• 1:00 PM – Chris McDaniel
• 2:00 PM – Dale Morton (Artist, Mothman Festival Costume Creator)
• 3:00 PM – Joedy Cook (Author/Monster Researcher)

Following the speakers was a free presentation of the film “White Zombie,” also at the State Theater.

The Fourteenth Mothman Festival 2015:

The Fourteenth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 19th and Sunday, September 20th of 2015.

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 19th

• 11:00 AM – Chad Lambert (Mothman Comic Writer)
• 12:00 Noon – Stan Gordon (UFO/Sasquatch Researcher)
• 1:00 PM – Susan Sheppard (Author/Ghost Researcher)
• 2:00 PM – Rosemary Ellen Gulley (Paranormal Author/Investigator)
• 3:00 PM – Ken Gerhard (Author/Monster Researcher)
• 4:00 PM – Bill Brock (Monster Researcher)
• 5:00 PM – Fred Saluga (Director of WV & Penn. Mutual UFO Network)
• 6:00 PM – Lyle Blackburn (Author/Sasquatch & Monster Researcher)
• 7:00 PM – Joedy Cook (Author/Monster Researcher)

Sunday, September 20th

• 11:00 AM – Round Table Discussion With Various Speakers
• 1:00 PM – Neal Parks
• 2:00 PM – Sharon Shull (Niece of reporter Mary Hyre) and Dottie Campbell (1966 Mothman Witness)
• 3:00 PM – John Frick (Paranormal Researcher)

The Fifteenth Mothman Festival 2016:

The Fifteenth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th of 2016. It celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Mothman legend and the 15th anniversary of The Mothman Festival.

Visitors: Trapper John and “The AIMS Team” of the Destination America TV Show “Mountain Monsters” were at the 2016 Mothman Festival to meet and greet with their fans.

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 17th (State Theater)

• 10:00 AM – Robert Robinson (Investigator and author of “Legend Tripping”) (Topic: Unknown)
• 11:00 AM – Chad Lambert (Mothman Comic Writer) (Topic: “The Art of Comic Book Writing”) [ – Video Link –]
• 12:00 Noon – Susan Sheppard (Author, Creator of “Haunted Parkersburg Ghost Tours”) (Topic: “The Partridge/Derenberger Connection”) [ – Video Link – ]
• 1:00 PM – Rosemary Ellen Gulley (Paranormal Author/Investigator) (Topic: “Who is Mothman?”)  [ – Video Link –]
• 2:00 PM – Joedy Cook (Author/Monster Researcher, Founder of “Cryptid Seekers”) (Topic: “The Dogman Phenomenon”)
• 3:00 PM – Stan Gordon (UFO/Sasquatch Researcher) (Topic: “Astonishing Pennsylvania Encounters: Past and Present”)
• 4:00 PM – Fred Saluga (Director of WV & Penn. Mutual UFO Network) (Topic: “West Virginia – Wild, Wonderful and Mysterious”)
• 5:00 PM – Bill Brock (Monster Researcher, Host of TV show “Monsters Underground”) (Topic: “Ancients, Aliens and Mothman…Is Mothman Alien?”)
• 6:00 PM – Ken Gerhard (Author, Monster Researcher & Co-Star of History Channel’s “Missing in Alaska”) (Topic: “Flying Cryptids”) [ – Video Link –  ]
• 7:00 PM – Nick Redfern (Author/UFO Researcher) (Topic: “The Mystery of the Women in Black”)
• 8:00 PM – Loren Coleman (Author and Cryptozoologist) (Topic: “The Winged Weirdies”)

Sunday, September 18th (State Theater)

• 12:00 Noon – John and Tim Frick (Brothers, Paranormal Investigators/Experiencers) (Topic: “TNT Time Slip”) [  – Video Link – ]
• 1:00 PM – Sherri Brake (Author/Ghost Researcher, “Haunted Heartland Tour” owner) (Topic: “Haunted Heartland”)
• 2:00 PM – Cameron Jones (Paranormal Researcher) (Topic: “Point Pleasant: A Supernatural History. UFOs, Ghosts, and Mothman”)
• 3:00 PM – Round Table Discussion With Various Speakers [ – Video Link –  ]
• 4:00 PM – George Dudding (Point Pleasant Local, Physics teacher and author of “The Silver Bridge Tragedy”) (Topic: Unknown)

The Sixteenth Mothman Festival 2017:

The Sixteenth Mothman Festival took on place Saturday, September 16th and Sunday, September 17th 2017.

Friday, September 15th – State Theater Kickoff Event:
7:00 PM – Director Seth Breedlove And The Small Town Monsters Crew (Topic: Turning Legends Into Time Capsules)
(“The Mothman of Point Pleasant, 2017” Screening and Q&A)  [ – Video Link –]

Saturday, September 16th (State Theater)

• 11:00 AM – Tad Greathouse (Point Pleasant Resident and Local Historian) (Topic: “TNT area-overview and history”) [ – Video Link  –]
• 12:00 Noon – George Dudding (Point Pleasant Local, Author, and Teacher) (Topic: “The Silver Bridge History & Disaster”) [ – Video Link –]
• 1:00 PM –  Lynn Fawn Cornwell-Robinson (Descendant of Shawnee Chief Cornstalk) (Topic: “Chief Cornstalk Legacy & History”) [ – Video Link –]
• 2:00 PM – Rosemary Ellen Guiley (Topic: “The 2017 Chicago Flying Humanoids Wave”)
• 3:00 PM – Jason Hawes-J.V. Johnson (Ghost Hunters TV show-Beyond Reality Radio Hosts)
  [This talk was cancelled and a panel of speakers hosted by Rosemary Guiley was held instead]  [ – Video Link –]
• 4:00 PM – Lyle Blackburn (Author/Musician and TV Personality) (Topic: “In Search of the Southern Sasquatch”)
• 5:00 PM – Cameron Jones (Paranormal Researcher) (Topic: “Strange Tales from Appalachia”)
• 6:00 PM –  Ron Murphy (Writer and Paranormal U.K. Radio Show Host) (Topic: “Winged Entities of the Faerie Realm”)
• 7:00 PM –  Robert Robinson (Legend Tripper Author and Researcher) (Topic: “The Skunk Ape of Florida”)

Sunday, September 17th (State Theater)

• 12:00 PM – Steve Ward (UFO Researcher/Paranormal Investigator) (Topic: “High Strangeness”) [ – Video Link – ]
• 1:00 PM – David Weatherly (Author/Paranormal Researcher) (Topic: “Black Eyed kids-Flying Humanoids-Weirdness of Point Pleasant”)
• 2:00 PM – Bill Brock (Monster Researcher, Paranormal Researcher, TV personality) (Topic: “Portals-What Are They—Are They Real?”) [ – Video Link – ] 
• 3:00 PM – Ohio Ghost Hunters (Paranormal Investigators) (Topic: “A Guide to Ghost Hunting & paranormal Investigations”)

The Seventeenth Mothman Festival 2018:

The Seventeenth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 15th and Sunday, September 16th of 2018.

Friday, September 14th – State Theater Kick-off Event:
On September 14th 2018, Small Town Monsters held an Appalachian Monsters Night at the State Theater. They played three of their documentary films, specifically the ones taking place in Appalachia. This included: The Mothman of Point Pleasant, Invasion on Chestnut Ridge, and The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear. At the kick-off, Small Town Monsters announced new films planned for the future such as Terror In The Skies, MOMO: The Missouri Monster, and The Mothman Legacy!

Guest Speakers:

Saturday, September 15th (State Theater)

• 11:00 AM – Joey and Tonya Madia (Paranormal Experiencers) (Topic: “Ghostesses, Portals, and MIBs: Our Haunted Life So Far”)
• 12:00 Noon – Robert Robinson (Monster Researcher) (Topic: “The Florida Skunk Ape”)
• 1:00 PM – Steve Ward (UFO/Paranormal Investigator) (Topic: “Topic: John Keel: Ultraterrestrials and the Mothman”) [– Video Link – ]
• 2:00 PM – Nick Redfern (Topic: “Men in Black: New Revelations”)
• [ Cancelled ]: 3PM – Loren Coleman (Topic: “Is Mothman Bad Luck?”)
• 3:00 PM – Chad Lewis and Kevin Lee Nelson (Topic: “The Van Meter Visitor”)
• 4:00 PM – Lyle Blackburn and Ken Gerhard (Topic: “Investigating Cryptid Reports”) [ – Video Link – ]
• 5:00 PM – Colin Schneider (Topic: “The Paranormal and Roads”)
• 6:00 PM – Fred Saluga (Topic: “North America 1966-67: UFOS, Mothman and Other High Strangeness”)
• 7:00 PM – American Monster Tour “Oklahoma Demon Flyer” Screening. A sneak peek at the first 45 minute installment of American Monster Tour, an independent documentary series which features investigators Lyle Blackburn and Ken Gerhard as they explore amazing legends and startling encounters with mysterious creatures across the American landscape, which was followed by a Q&A.

Sunday, September 16th (State Theater)

• 12:00 PM – Doug Waller & Southeastern Society For Bigfoot (Topic: “Sightings, Research & News”)
• 1:00 PM – Craig Hesson (Local Historian) (Topic: “The Battle of Point Pleasant”) [ – Video Link – ]
• 2:00 PM – Kim Poeppey (Topic: “Dogman, Bigfoot and Photographic Evidence of Portals”)
• 3:00 PM – Allison Jornlin (Topic: “Chicago Mothman: Separating Fact from Fiction”)

The Eighteenth Mothman Festival 2019:

The Eighteenth Mothman Festival took place on Saturday, September 21st and Sunday, September 22nd of 2019.

Friday (September 20th) State Theater Kick-off Event: Small Town Monsters Movies Screening.

Guest Speakers: