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Tombstone Tuesdays: Kathy Benjamin, author of “Funerals to Die For”

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Tombstone Tuesdays – a new streaming show!

Tombstone Tuesdays is a fun weekly show about historic cemeteries and those who love exploring them! Each week, I will interview a variety of guests about historic cemeteries, unique graveyards, funeral customs, research techniques, and other fascinating topics.

How to watch Tombstone Tuesdays?

Tui Snider’s Tombstone Tuesdays streams live on YouTube and Facebook. To see which show is coming next, visit my YouTube channel. On YouTube, you can even set a reminder for showtime.

What time is the live show? Every Tuesday: 4pm Central Time (5pm ET, 3pm MT, 2pm PT, 10pm UK)

Replays? You can catch show replays here: Tombstone Tuesdays

Show topic: Kathy Benjamin, author of “Funerals to Die For”

January 12, 2021 show: I’m excited to have the author of Funerals to Die For, Kathy Benjamin on the show to talk about her work:

Kathy Benjamin is a writer and editor at Grunge.com, and a former columnist at Cracked.com and MentalFloss.com.

In 2013, Kathy wrote Funerals to Die For: The Craziest, Creepiest, and Most Bizarre Funeral Traditions and Practices Ever (Adams Media). She also contributed to Cracked.com’s publication The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn’t Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew (Plume, 2013). Her new book, It’s Your Funeral: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime Before It’s Too Late, is coming Summer 2021 from Quirk Books.

She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Simon and her dog, Briscoe.

Social media:

Twitter https://twitter.com/KathyBenjamin
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kathythewriter

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kabenjamin18/

What are your questions for Kathy Benjamin?

What would you like me to ask Kathy Benjamin? If you are reading this prior to the show date, feel free to leave any questions you may have for Teal as a comment below and I’ll do my best to work them into the show!

Cemetery Photos of the Week

Featured historic cemetery photos: As part of each Tombstone Tuesday show, I will share photos that my newsletter readers have sent me. (Replying to my newsletter is the absolute best way to reach me, just so you know!)

This week’s photos: On the February 2, 2020 show I will be featuring photos from one of my weekly newsletter readers.

Want YOUR photos featured on the show?

Want YOUR cemetery photos featured? If you have interesting photos related to the topic of historic cemeteries, I’d love to feature them on Tombstone Tuesdays. Or maybe you have a research tip, or a photo that you think viewers will enjoy.

Here’s how: Sign up for my weekly Sunday newsletter, if you are not already subscribed. Then, hit reply any of the newsletters or even the welcome aboard email.

Guest ideas?

If there are specific guests or topics you would like to see on Tombstone Tuesdays, please tell me in a comment on this blog post. Thanks so much!

READ MY BOOKS: To see a list of all my published books, check out Tui Snider’s Amazon page.

Learn more about offbeat travel & historic cemeteries at my YouTube Channel

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Tombstone Tuesdays: Quirky Graveyards with David Kravetz

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[ Want a FREE booklet about cemetery symbols? click here. ]

Tombstone Tuesdays – a new streaming show!

How to watch Tombstone Tuesdays?

Tui Snider’s Tombstone Tuesdays streams live on YouTube and Facebook. To see which show is coming next, visit my YouTube channel. On YouTube, you can even set a reminder for showtime.

What time is the live show? Every Tuesday: 4pm Central Time (5pm ET, 3pm MT, 2pm PT, 10pm UK)

Replays? You can catch show replays here: Tombstone Tuesdays

Show topic: Quirky Tombstones with David Kravetz

January 26, 2021 show: This week’s show guest is fellow author and lover of all things quirky, David Kravetz:

David Kravetz, 64, resides in Lexington, KY and is the owner and creative mind behind Sumoflam Productions, where he works with dotcoms, writes blogs and does nature and travel photography. He also currently manages the TV and Movie databases for comicbook.com and popculture.com, part of the ViacomCBS family.

He is a freelance travelographer and focuses on the normal, the wacky, the wonderful and the quirky things of this wide world. His popular travel blog is called Less Beaten Paths and has nearly 400 posts about offbeat and back roads travel.

Among the places he visits are unique cemeteries, graves and more. He is ofttimes heard saying, “There’s the dead center of town,” as he passes cemeteries on his road trips around America.

David also has sites that present photography of the world as he sees it. Sumoflam, as he is known to thousands of friends and followers around the world, has a passion for traveling and has been to all 50 of the states in the United States, as well as five provinces in Canada, numerous states in Mexico, the Philippines, China, and Korea.

He lived in Japan for 6 years and is fluent in Japanese. He is the father of five and has TEN grandchildren who call him Grampz. He will celebrate his 42nd anniversary with his sweetheart in July 2021. He will always admit that he truly Married Up!!

What are your questions for David Kravetz?

What would you like me to ask David Kravetz? If you are reading this prior to the show date, feel free to leave any questions you may have for Teal as a comment below and I’ll do my best to work them into the show!

Delight Cemetery – photo (c) David Kravetz

Cemetery Photos of the Week

This week’s photos: On the January 26, 2020 show I will be featuring some interesting historic cemetery photos from one of my newsletter readers.

Want YOUR photos featured on the show?

Here’s how: Sign up for my weekly Sunday newsletter, if you are not already subscribed. Then, hit reply to any of the newsletters or even the welcome aboard email.

Guest ideas?

If there are specific guests or topics you would like to see on Tombstone Tuesdays, please tell me in a comment on this blog post. Thanks so much!

READ MY BOOKS: To see a list of all my published books, check out Tui Snider’s Amazon page.

Learn more about offbeat travel & historic cemeteries at my YouTube Channel

Want a FREE book? Click below:

Tombstone Tuesdays: Cemetery Historian – David M. Habben

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Tombstone Tuesdays – streaming show!

How to watch Tombstone Tuesdays?

Tui Snider’s Tombstone Tuesdays streams live on YouTube and Facebook. To see which show is coming next, visit my YouTube channel. On YouTube, you can even set a reminder for showtime.

What time is the live show? Every Tuesday: 4pm Central Time (5pm ET, 3pm MT, 2pm PT, 10pm UK)

Replays? You can catch show replays here: Tombstone Tuesdays

Jan 19, 2021 Show Guest: David M. Habben

January 19, 2021 show: On this episode of Tombstone Tuesday, I will interview cemetery historian, David M. Habben.

David has been documenting, photographing, and researching cemeteries and graveyards for nearly 20 years. His interest began when visiting the graves of blues musicians in Chicago, where he grew up.

His work as a paramedic in Emergency Medical instruction and consulting has taken him all over the world where he has visited hundreds of cemeteries and taken thousands of photographs.

David has previous experience in law enforcement prior to his EMS work, and works part-time for a local funeral home. He has, and continues, to study the history of cemeteries and the symbols and emblems on grave stones which our ancestors used to relate information to those who could not read.

His classes, “Carved in Stone” and “Who Lies Beneath?” have been presented through Boise Community Education during each quarter for several years, at numerous genealogy and family history conferences and paranormal and ghost conferences throughout the country.

David grew up in the Chicago area, lived and worked in Oregon, and now lives in Boise, Idaho.

What are your questions for David M. Habben?

What would you like me to ask David M. Habben? If you are reading this prior to the show date, feel free to leave any questions you may have as a comment below and I’ll do my best to work them into the show!

Cemetery Photos of the Week

This week’s photos: On the January 19, 2020 show I will be featuring taken by newsletter reader, Kenneth Reed. Not only do Kenneth and his friends have an annual tea party in a historic cemetery, but he creates wonderful oldtime-looking photos such as the one above!

Want YOUR photos featured on the show?

Here’s how: Sign up for my weekly Sunday newsletter, if you are not already subscribed. Then, hit reply any of the newsletters or even the welcome aboard email.

Guest ideas?

If there are specific guests or topics you would like to see on Tombstone Tuesdays, please tell me in a comment on this blog post. Thanks so much!

READ MY BOOKS: To see a list of all my published books, check out Tui Snider’s Amazon page.

Learn more about offbeat travel & historic cemeteries at my YouTube Channel

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This Week on TGWW Radio: 24 Hour Paranormal, Selena Roane & a Contest Giveaway!

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Tune in each Thursday for Teal Gray Worldwide Radio

Join me and my co-hosts hosts Teal Gray, and Jonathan Emmett, each and every Thursday for Teal Gray Worldwide Radio . Each week the three of us and our special guests have a lively discussion about offbeat, unusual, and downright strange places and events around the world.

Whether you listen *live* or catch the replay, we invite you to be a part of it!

First half guest: 24 Hour Paranormal

TGWW Radio’s first-hour guests this week are the folks from 24 Hour Paranormal: Shannon Houk, Lynette Conkle, Mike Smith, Korina Magness, and Sophia Saad. 24 Hour Paranormal is a north Texas ghost hunting group that team uses investigative, scientific, and spiritual techniques to better understand the unknown. To read more about the team, its members, and their backgrounds, visit: About 24 Hour Paranormal.

Supernatural Expo July 18, 2015

24 Hour Paranormal has exciting news to share! On July 18, 24 Hour Paranormal is hosting a Supernatural Expo from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Premier Event Center at Lakeland Plaza (1165 S. Stemmons Freeway) in Lewisville, Texas. This exciting event includes paranormal investigators, mediums, psychics, authors, metaphysical items, cryptid investigators, UFO researchers, paranormal merchandise, and much, much more!

Charity Raffle & Prizes Galore

The folks at 24 Hour Paranormal have arranged for their Supernatural Expo to include a charity raffle. For $2 per ticket (or 3 tickets for $5) you become eligible for all sorts of prizes, including dowsing rods, psychic readings, massages, and more! You do not have to be present in order to win, and all proceeds for the raffle go to the Russ Martin Foundation, which supports the families of fallen police officers and firefighters.

Win Free Admission & a Signed Copy of Paranormal Texas

Enter *here* to win tickets to the Supernatural Expo & a signed copy of Paranormal Texas!

Feeling lucky? Entering the Rafflecopter near the end of this post gives you the chance to win free tickets to the Supernatural Expo and/or a signed copies of Paranormal Texas, my bestselling travel guide to paranormal hot spots in the Dallas – Fort Worth region. The Rafflecopter offers several different ways to enter the contest, such as by leaving a comment on this blog post, visiting certain Facebook pages, and even sending out tweets about the Supernatural Expo.

The contest ends on July 17th, and winners will be announced shortly thereafter. In the meantime, you may enter once a day until the contest is over!

More about the Supernatural Expo

For a full list of speakers and vendors, visit: Supernatural Expo Speakers & Vendors.

For more info, including discounted lodging, visit: Supernatural Expo Lodging Discount

Second half guest: Selena Roane

In the second half of this week’s TGWW Radio show, Selena Roane joins the fun! As a result of her own strange experiences, Selena Roane founded an investigative group called FEAR Paranormal

Selena Roane will tell listeners more about her show Spirit Quest, which is a show about learning from those we come in contact with, being living or in spirit… searching for those answers.
Here is her full bio:

Selena Roane is the founder of FEAR Paranormal Society, a paranormal investigation team. She is also the host of Close to Death, an internet show about virtually anything paranormal.

In addition to her paranormal team and show, she is an empath and is currently working on developing and enhancing that ability. Selena attends and speaks at various conferences and has led numerous investigations. She was included as an investigator on the “Shadows of 66” documentary with Chip Coffey, Brad and Barry Klinge in 2013.

The paranormal is Selena’s passion. She is continuously researching and learning in an effort to deepen her knowledge and enthusiasm for the field.

We hope you join us on Teal Gray Worldwide Radio whether you listen *live* or catch the replay!

You can listen to Close to Death every Tuesday at 6pm CT - 7pm ET — You can listen to Close to Death every Tuesday at 6pm CT – 7pm ET

Join us in the TGWW Pre-show Chat Room:

The fun starts an hour *before* the radio show! How? By joining us in the Teal Gray Worldwide Radio chat room: TGWW Chat Room

Tui and the gang will be in the TGWW Radio Chat Room at this time:
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3pm Pacific

Listen live or catch the replay:

Here’s the link if you want to listen to the *live* show and/or the replay: TGWW Radio show

Call into the TGWW Radio show:

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Tweet TGWW Radio!

Teal Gray Worldwide Radio has a Twitter account now! It’s a little over a week old, but we’ve got nearly 1000 followers. Follow us & we will follow you back: @TGWWradio.

You can also follow each Teal Gray Worldwide Radio host individually:

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Enter to Win Prizes with the Rafflecopter below:

To enter, follow the directions on the Rafflecopter below. Some options allow you to enter once a day! The grand prize is 2 Free Admission Tickets to the Supernation Expo, plus a signed copy of Paranormal Texas.
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Want to read more?

To read about more weird, offbeat, and overlooked places, check out my best selling travel guide: Unexpected Texas. For ghost hunting hot spots, check out my best selling travel guide to haunted places: Paranormal Texas. For a strange-but-true tale of Texas history, check out: The Lynching of the Santa Claus Bank Robber. Happy travels!

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Tui Snider having fun on a Texas road trip!

Tui Snider: Interviews, Events, & Appearances

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Geeking out over the X-Files’ Dean Haglund at the 2014 Granbury Paranormal Expo!

Here’s what I’m up to:

Check out this page periodically to see what I’m up to, including interviews, speaking engagements, book signings, and other fun events!

If you know of an upcoming paranormal, writing, history, genealogy, or travel-themed events, or bookstores, libraries, clubs, events, et cetera that could use a lively speaker, please drop me an email at TuiSnider [@] gmail [.] com

2016 Interviews & Events

Conference of College Teachers of English
March 4, 2015
San Antonio, TX
More info: Speaker: State of the Writing Profession – How to Boost Your Writing Career with Twitter

2015 Interviews & Events

Weekly Podcast Co-Host: Teal Gray Worldwide Radio
Each Tuesday, 7-9pm Central Time
More info here: Teal Gray Worldwide Radio Co-host

History Haunts and Legends Paranormal Conference
November 7, 2015
Jefferson, TX
More info here: Historic Cemetery Symbols Presentation

Texas ParaUnity Halloween Expo
October 24, 2015
Dallas, TX
More info here: Historic Cemetery Symbols Presentation

Grand Prairie Library
October 24, 2015
Grand Prairie, TX
More info here: Haunted Hot Spots in the DFW Area Presentation

Dallas Public Library
October 17, 2015
Dallas, TX
More info here: Presentation: Unexpected Texas (link forthcoming)

Emily Fowler Central Library
October 15, 2015, 2015
Denton, TX
More info here: Presentation: Historic Cemetery Symbols

Catch Tui Snider's Cemetery Symbolism talk in Galveston this October! — Catch Tui Snider’s Cemetery Symbolism talk in Galveston this October!

2nd Annual Wake The Dead Horror Paracon
October 9, 10, 11, 2015
Galveston, TX
More info here: Historic Cemetery Symbols Presentation

Paranormal Book Signing Event
October 3, 2015
Weatherford, TX
More info here: Book Signing

Coast to Coast AM Radio – with George Noory
October 1, 2015
More info here: Interview: Strange Texas Sites & Tales

Langdon Review Weekend – Festival of the Arts
September 9 – 12, 2015
Granbury, TX
More info here: Presenter: Multi Genre (poetry, prose & song)

ASAP Entertainment’s Gainesville Paracon at Haunted Hill Manor
August 28 & 29, 2015
Gainesville, TX
More info here: Presentation on Historic Cemetery Symbolism

Radio Interview: Close to Death with Selena Roane
June 9, 2015
More info here: Close to Death radio

Tui Snider presents her Cemetery Symbolism talk in Granbury!

Granbury Paranormal Expo
April 25 & 26, 2015
Granbury, TX
More info here: Presentation on Cemetery Symbolism

Plano Photo Walk
April 10 & 11, 2015
Plano, TX
More info here: Guest Photographer: Plano Photo Walk

Co-Host: Teal Gray Worldwide
April 2, 2015
More info here: Presents “What in the World?” & co-hosts 6-8pm CST

Emily Fowler Central Library
March 21, 2015
Denton, TX
More info here: Presentation: How to Find Big Fun in Small Towns

Philosophenomena Unity Fest
March 21, 2015
Glen Rose, TX
More info here: Vendor table

Co-Host: Teal Gray Worldwide
March 5, 2015
More info here: Presents “What in the World?” & co-hosts 6-8pm CST

2014 Appearances & Events

Books & Banter
November 22, 2014
Lawton, OK
More info here: Presentation & Book Signing from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Radio Interview: The Joe Show on AM 930 Progressive Talk
October 27, 2014
More info here: Interview on The Joe Show on AM 930 Progressive Talk

Radio Interview: Teal Gray Worldwide
October 23, 2014
More info here: Interview on the Unexplained Radio Network

Radio Interview: Simplicity Radio with Brian Treybig
October 22, 2014
More info here: Simplicity Radio Welcomes Author, Tui Snider

Coast to Coast AM
October 21, 2014
More info here: Tui Snider’s Ghost Photo Featured on Coast to Coast AM website & Facebook page

Coppell Public Library
September 28, 2014
Coppell, TX
More info here: Tea Time Presentation & Book Signing

Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers
September 18-20, 2014
Dallas, TX
More info here: Presenter & Panelist: Social Media for Writers

Dash Beardsley Wake the Dead Show
September 6, 2014
Galveston, TX
More info here: Dash Beardsley Wake the Dead Show

Radio Interview: Teal Gray Worldwide
July 2, 2014
More info here: A Night of the Unexpected with Tui Snider

Emily Fowler Central Library
June 8, 2014
Denton, TX
More info here: Presentation: Unexpected Texas

Guest Post: This Eclectic Life
June 1, 2014
Fort Worth, TX
More info here: Interesting Cemeteries in North Texas – A Guest Post by Tui Snider

Granbury Paranormal Expo
May 17, 2014
Granbury, TX
More info here: Granbury Paranormal Expo – Exhibitor

2014 DFW Writer’s Conference
May 2-4, 2014
Hurst, TX
More info here:DFW Writer’s Conference, vendor

Fort Worth Art Dealer’s Association (FWADA) Spring Gallery Night
March 29, 2014
Fort Worth, TX
More info here: Book Signing at There’s No Place Like Home Furniture

Unexpected Texas Facebook Party
March 9, 2014
Read it here: Online Facebook Party for Unexpected Texas – Yee haw!

Morgan Dragonwillow Reviews Unexpected Texas
March 8, 2014
Read it here: Unexpected Texas Travel Book by an Extraordinary Woman

Unexpected Texas Reviewed on Less Beaten Paths
March 7, 2014
Read it here: New Book on Texas Travel: Tui Snider – Unexpected Texas

Unexpected Texas Reviewed by a Native Texan (spoiler alert: She loves it!)
March 6, 2014
Read it here: Unexpected Texas. Tui Snider’s Travel Book

Unexpected Texas Review on Victoria’s Reading Alcove
March 5, 2014
Read it here: Unexpected Texas – A Trip Down Memory Lane

Unexpected Texas Mini-Interview at Byteful Travel
March 4, 2014
Read it here: Tui Discovers a truly “Unexpected Texas” in her New Book

Interview by YA Author, Patricia Lynne
March 3, 2014
Read it here: An Unexpected Visit to Texas

Official Book Release & Interview on StoryDam
March 2, 2014
Read it here: StoryDam Author Interview: Tui Snider and her Unexpected Texas Book Release Blog Tour

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Tombstone Tuesdays – a new streaming show!

How to watch Tombstone Tuesdays?

Show topic: Kathy Benjamin, author of “Funerals to Die For”

What are your questions for Kathy Benjamin?

Cemetery Photos of the Week

Want YOUR photos featured on the show?

Guest ideas?

Learn more about offbeat travel & historic cemeteries at my YouTube Channel

Want a FREE book? Click below:

Tombstone Tuesdays – a new streaming show!

How to watch Tombstone Tuesdays?

Show topic: Quirky Tombstones with David Kravetz

What are your questions for David Kravetz?

Cemetery Photos of the Week

Want YOUR photos featured on the show?

Guest ideas?

Learn more about offbeat travel & historic cemeteries at my YouTube Channel

Want a FREE book? Click below:

Tombstone Tuesdays – streaming show!

How to watch Tombstone Tuesdays?

Jan 19, 2021 Show Guest: David M. Habben

What are your questions for David M. Habben?

Cemetery Photos of the Week

Want YOUR photos featured on the show?

Guest ideas?

Learn more about offbeat travel & historic cemeteries at my YouTube Channel

Want a FREE book? Click below:

Tune in each Thursday for Teal Gray Worldwide Radio

First half guest: 24 Hour Paranormal

Supernatural Expo July 18, 2015

Charity Raffle & Prizes Galore

Win Free Admission & a Signed Copy of Paranormal Texas

More about the Supernatural Expo

Second half guest: Selena Roane

Join us in the TGWW Pre-show Chat Room:

Listen *live* or catch the replay:

Call into the TGWW Radio show:

Tweet TGWW Radio!

You can also follow each Teal Gray Worldwide Radio host individually:

Enter to Win Prizes with the Rafflecopter below:

Want to read more?

Hey, you! Want to come along for the ride?

Here’s what I’m up to:

2016 Interviews & Events

2015 Interviews & Events

2014 Appearances & Events

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