Travel Channel Show Featuring Family Tree May 4

Leslie Broadhead and daughter, Bobby Shaw, near a reported paranormal hot spot inside The Family Tree Restaurant.  The two are among those featured in an upcoming episode of The Dead Files.

A local restaurant will soon have its hour on TV. Family Tree owner, Leslie Broadhead was contacted last week by the creators of The Dead Files, whose crews filmed inside the restaurant and within the Santaquin community in mid-December. According to Broadhead, the episode featuring her restaurant will air on Friday, May 4, on the Travel Channel.

The Dead Files' premise is one which follows the trail of retired New York City homicide detective, Steve DiSchiavi, and psychic medium, Amy Allan, as they pursue the paranormal in well known haunts. The Family Tree, which sits at 77 West Main in Santaquin, has been the center of such reports even prior to its opening in the early 1980s. The restaurant occupies buildings that functioned for numerous businesses over time. And has been occupied by ghosts, according to local accounts.

Anticipation looms over conclusions made by the show's medium, according to Broadhead. “I'm just getting getting excited,” she explained. “I want to see how it comes together.”