Chasing Shadows: Investigating the Paranormal in Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa

Larry Wilson is a former private investigator currently working for the Illinois State Board of Education. In his private life, Larry is a paranormal investigator and independent film maker based in central Illinois. He currently resides in Taylorville with his wife Kathy and son Cory. Larry grew up near the banks of the Sangamon River in the small town of Petersburg, Illinois where he became interested in the paranormal after his strange encounter with a large orange object in the skies over this community in 1966.He is the founder and lead investigator for Urban Paranormal Investigations, a four man paranormal investigative team based in central Illinois as well as the founder of 11:11 Films, an independent film company that produces paranormal and historical documentaries. His first film, Strange Williamsburg Hill, is currently being re-filmed and re-edited in high definition format and should be ready for release in late 2011. Larry has also assisted in the filming of three paranormal documentaries for other Independent film companies and was asked last year to be part of the filming of an episode of The Most Terrifying Places in America at the historic and haunted Morse Mill Hotel in Morse Mill, Missouri.