SPEAKERS & lECTURES
Unveil the dark arts with our spine-chilling master classes. Delve into the eerie world of mortuary secrets with Anatomy of a Mortician, where a seasoned funeral director reveals the unsettling craft of restorative makeup and embalming. Venture further into New Jersey’s shadowy folklore with The Jersey Devil & Other Garden State Cryptids, led by the enigmatic Mark and Mark from Weird New Jersey, as they unravel the sinister legends and cryptic mysteries lurking in the Garden State. From spectral artistry to cryptid legends, these master classes promise to take you deep into realms where the macabre meets the mysterious. Dare to uncover the darkness? Join us, if you dare.
FULL SPEAKER SCHEDULE
11:00am: GHOSTS, GRAVES & LEGENDS w/ Mark Moran of Weird NJ
12:45pm: SKIN AS CANVAS w/ Hollywood Make Up Legend Jeff Goodwin
3:15pm: MOTHER KNOWS DEATH Live Podcast Recording
5:15pm: ANATOMY OF A MORTICIAN w/ NJ Funeral Director Jon Flanagan
MOTHER KNOWS DEATH
(Live Podcast Recording)
At Darkside NJ, even the conversations bleed. Join Nicole Angemi (@mrs_angemi) and her daughter & co-producer Maria Q. Kane as they record a live episode of their hauntingly raw podcast, Mother Knows Death. Blending clinical truth with pitch-black humor, this mother-daughter duo rips the veil off death, pathology, grief, and the grotesque with brutal honesty, plenty of laughs and an affinity for what makes most people squeamish. This isn’t a stage show… it’s an unfiltered descent into the world most fear to face. Come listen, if you dare. Seating will be limited limited. First come, first disturbed.
SCHEDULED TIME: 3:15pm
SKIN AS CANVAS
(The Work of Master Movie Make Up & SpecialFX Artist, Jeff Goodwin)
Step behind the scenes, & beneath the surface, w/ acclaimed film makeup artist Jeff Goodwin,whose iconic work on Blue Velvet, Manhunter, Maximum Overdrive, & beyond helped define the unsettling beauty of cult cinema. From bruises that whisper to faces that lie, Jeff shares stories from the set & explores the subtle art of visual transformation. This is where illusion becomes identity. Q&A to follow presentation.
SCHEDULED TIME: 12:45pm
ANATOMY OF A MORTICIAN
Step into the shadowy world of death care with Anatomy of a Mortician, a master class led by a seasoned funeral director. Through haunting slides and chilling stories, you'll uncover the secrets behind restorative makeup, the embalming process, and the art of preparing the dead for their final journey. Learn the intricate and eerie techniques that bridge life and death, revealing the hidden craft of those who work in the silence of the morgue. This is a rare glimpse into a profession where the living meet the dead.
SCHEDULED TIME: 5:15pm
GHOSTS, GRAVES & LEGENDS
Explore the eerie folklore, haunted history, and chilling local legends that linger just beneath the surface of the Garden State’s most cursed corners… but beware: these stories don’t stay buried for long.
Join Weird NJ editor Mark Moran as he unearths the sinister secrets that have long haunted New Jersey’s forgotten roads, crumbling asylums, abandoned graveyards, and whispering woods. From phantom hitchhikers and devilish cryptids to cursed relics and towns swallowed by time, this session dives deep into the strange, the spectral, and the sinister.
Some say New Jersey’s shadows are darker than most. After this, you may agree.
SCHEDULED TIME: 11:00am
More master classes coming soon
