I have come across many types of paranormal activity in my time. Sometimes I fear it and sometimes I love it but NEVER once have I run from it. I have worked with my dear friend Mark Turner, Founder and lead Investigator for Ghost Finders, Scotland. Also Mark is one of the top EVP research in the UK.
My greatest
inspirations throughout the past 20 years have been Peter Underwood (Ghost
Hunter and Author), Harry Price (Psychic Investigator), but most of all my
parents for helping me to make the dream of doing what I love real. They have
been the biggest support anyone could ask for throughout my professional
career. They are the reason I continue with my research with the passion and
determination I carry with me today.
I
started researching the paranormal as a hobbies way back in 1994 and after
three years I became so hooked on this that I started my own team up. After
three years of working and working hard I started to learn much more by reading
books and watching others that had done this line of work for many years. Peter
Underwood has been a paranormal book writer and Ghost Hunter since the early
30s in the Harry Price years. I now run my second team TR.I.P.A UK with my dear
friends Tim Iddin and Helen Sanderson. Also I had now started working full time
teaching across the United Kingdom and Europe in Haunted Locations as a
paranormal Researcher and under taking paranormal tours and events for the
public of a way to fund the scientific Investigations run by Team T.R.I.P.A UK
now known as team Underwood. 
I
started a few online part time Uni courses in the hope I could learn as much
information as I could about this line of work but in fact there really nothing
that can help you apart from you spending as much time as you can out there
researching & Investigating. I started working with some of the best
Paranormal Investigators and researcher across the UK such as Mark Turner
(Ghost Finders of Scotland) who has shown me many things that I never found
from reading book on E.V.P,. Thanks to him and other that in time I will thank
on this website in due course. In 2009 I took some time out from my work as I
found myself becoming sick due to the fact I was working seven days and nights
per week on very little sleep.
Now
I ‘am back working fulltime again but this time I ‘am only working five days a
week rather than the full seven days lol. I ‘am undertaking a paranormal Radio
show right looking at the paranormal world from a scientific angle such as
ghost, E.M.F field, E.V.P and ultrasound etc: It’s not a easy field to get
into, although it’s easy to start up being a ghost hunter or a paranormal
investigator buts to be good at it you must read, watch and learn as I find
there is so many team now working around the world that base their teams on how
the they see it done on the TV. Just take note people when I see that ghost
hunting / paranormal researching is not how you see it done on the TV. It’s not
all bangs and doors slamming. My dear readers in truth its long cold dark
nights in some cold dark damp castle room for at times up to 12 hours with
nothing going on.
I
‘am not one for writing about ones myself’ Yeah that's why I rather pay someone
to write for me and about me. So here I find myself at my desk thinking of what
would be best to write about as I know it will not make a hold load of scene
anyways. Well here goes everything' I have always been into the paranormal
right from the word go since being a small boy and in 1990 I started reading
more books on the subject of ghosts and hauntings from Peter Underwood and
Harry Price. Then in 1994 I started going out to a few small castles around my
area with a flash light and notes book and pen with very old 35mm camera (lol).
Now when I think about this and the things I used in the very beginning its a
wonder I’ve got as far as I have today. Twenty years on and I’ve worked with
some of the UKs leading paranormal research/investigations teams ,Radio Media
and a few Magazines Yes also some of the UKs worst teams that seem to think
that TV ghost hunting show were sent from God and that's how they should base
their investigations on. OK let’s not get me started on what I think about TV
shows (lol). So I started Teesside Research Into Paranormal Activity UK I think
around 1999 and back then things were somewhat better because of (again) TV has
killed of any FREE locations.
In 2007 I started an
open Uni course on parapsychology and after allot of hard work and many a late
nights reading, studying I got my diploma and so the hard work goes on.
When you live and breathe the paranormal like I did it takes over your life in ways you would never even notice. As much as I love my work and my research I have to stop from time to time and just take a look stop myself from been taken over by everything. Many people say to me now' Shaun you have NO LIFE! They tell me and when I think about what point there trying to make me see then I see that they are right but my work is my life.
Many
people ask me for help on where to start when doing any investigating or just
the research, I just say listen, watch and read but no matter what others teach
you about ghosts that fact is you'll learn your own way. Just stick in and
you'll know soon enough weather this line of work is really for you or not.
Watching TV ghost hunters and will not teach you anything but to be A GOOD
FAKE.
Well I just hope I've
not sent you to sleep and if your reading these last part then good, you’re
still awake!!
If
you need to know anything then please just drop me a line anytime and if I can
help teach you can teach me something new then email me please. The paranormal
is always changing and the investigators must change and learn with it. There
is not one man or a woman that knows everything about the paranormal (ghosts)
as there is always something new with each passing day to learn.
I
just want to prove to myself that I can for fill a lifelong dream. I am willing
to train or help and advice any upcoming new team or person to understand
everything that you'll need to undertake a role in the paranormal
investigations world. There are today so many people and teams watching far too
much TV and just heading out to their local church yards or grave yards to hunt
ghosts. They have NO PLANS, NO IDEAS and no damn clue to what they are dealing
with. Come on people do your research, learn, and then investigate. TV is
killing everything with regards to ghosts and the paranormal. I should not
really call myself a paranormal investigator as I DONT do anything else other
than GHOSTS and the field of research that runs alongside.
I
know not everyone is like me and using my methods but my methods are tried and
tested and 20 years in the making. Just seems that now everyone can see and
feel ghosts. Everyone’s making money doing events, OK!! Let’s just get one
thing clear, I also do events but my events are to teach the public the right
way' yes my way but they use my way to suit their way. Can me mad but it really
does make me very angry to see these so called team in the UK & US
giving the dedicated people and team a REAL BAD NAME.
Well if you are a
time served person such as myself then you know what I’ am talking about. I am
here to learn other and try to teach them basics about ghost in the hope that
this will set their path in the study of everything haunted and ghostly.
All my research
and work is now dedicated to two women that made a big difference in my life.
My Mum, My Granny Alice Mulcaster.
The Ghost Detective Is Born: This is just my opinion people and I do not wish to
offend anyone. I think most people put ghosts and spirits into the same box,
but this is a mistake as they are separate subjects. Both are purely natural in
their origin and have no place in mysticisms whatsoever. Take away the
religious context and you will start to see where I am going with this.
Let’s examine spirit. The natural world that we are
part of has more power and complexity than we can possibly imagine. I believe
that as human beings we all have an inner being, call it spirit, mind, or self,
it doesn’t matter which. It is this inner being that continues after we die, as
a natural progression, nothing mystical, it’s just natural. Ghosts are no more
than recordings that play back to us when the conditions are right, natural
conditions. Ghosts cannot interact with you any more than you can interact with
a video. As human beings we allow our superstitions and beliefs to cloud our
reasoning and judgment, and until we can separate fact from fiction we will
never learn the truth. This is a very short summary of an extremely complex
subject and one I am passionate about.
A puzzle, as yet to be answered: Recently,
while investigating in haunted old peoples homes, I was reminded of a case I
investigated over two years ago. In a mid terrace house in the town Northalerton,
Northyorkshire, I came across what I can only describe as the most baffling
array of paranormal activity I have ever witnessed. The owners of the house
were middle aged, hard working, and as honest as they come. When I first met
them it was clear they were suffering horrendous problems. They had been sleeping
downstairs in the living room for over eighteen months for fear of nightly
attacks in their bedroom from an unseen assailant. No, this is not a nightmare
out of a book or film, this is real. The attacks were mainly aimed at the male
and extremely violent. His legs were covered in bruises and scratches inflicted
as soon as he fell asleep. Their bed would lift and be carried across the room
and the wife would be woken by having her hair pulled violently. Seeking the
relative safety of the downstairs rooms the couple were just about holding on
to their sanity. During my first interview with them footsteps were heard
running about upstairs and bedroom doors could be heard slamming shut, but on
investigation the upper rooms were found to be empty. Downstairs our hair was
being pulled and odd sounds were coming from the kitchen, it was like being in
a haunted theme park. Over the entire investigation we photographed, videoed,
and made sound recordings that would leave even the most seasoned investigators
stunned. I threw everything I could into the investigations, from spiritualists
to psychologists, mediums to faith healers, nothing worked. Then we noticed a
pattern emerging. The more people around the less activity there was, so we
took just three people on an investigation and it worked, the activity grew
stronger. This baffled me at first, I thought the opposite would be the case,
the more energy in the house the more activity. It then became apparent it was
specific people who made up the small group that evoked the most activity. Then
a theory came to mind, could the activity be telekinetic. This theory was
strengthened when family history came to light concerning the couples
childhood. Even though unrelated, as children they showed uncanny similarities.
He played with toys that moved by themselves. She saw objects move in the
house. Both were told by their parents these were ghosts that visited them.
After marrying the couple lived in several houses over the years and each one
became haunted the theory of Telekinesis seemed to fit but I was still
uncomfortable with certain elements of the case. Photos of apparitions, full
sentences recorded from unseen people joining in on our conversations, how
could this be? Is it possible for someone to imprint thoughts onto a digital or
tape recorder? Can you transfer images from the mind into a digital camera? We
think we know so much, and yet we know so very little. Maybe you have your own
theories on this case. Whatever the outcome I will still go over to see the
couple who have now become good friends. Somehow the activity is less of a fear
for them now. The violence has stopped and the activity that remains seems to
spur the couple on to study the phenomena. It’s still a puzzle, as yet
unanswered.
You thought you knew people: A
fundamental part of investigating reports of paranormal activity is
interviewing an eyewitness. I have interviewed hundreds of people over the
years who have had paranormal tales to tell to tell me or my staff. Some would
be outspoken with their own theories to what lay behind the story being told.
Others would need gentle encouragement to give the complete story, shying away
from detailed facts that would often include themselves. Those are the two main
personality traits that you will come across, but are you being told the truth?
Time has a knack of changing details in someone's memory. Elaboration sets in
and we are told an imaginatively enhanced story's that, at their core hold some
truth, but you need to clear away the frills to get to it. Try to get to the
eye witness sooner rather than later. Even after a few months the memory fades
and details are lost. They may even be put under pressure by friends and family
not to speak about their experience. After interviewing for a few years you become
skilled in reading people extremely quickly. Reading people, not judging them,
there is a big difference in the two. I try really hard not to judge people but
it can be hard not to. When reading people look at the person’s expression,
their reaction, are they open to your questions or do they seem overly guarded
in their responses. Do they seem uncomfortable, or too relaxed? All these
things point you in a certain direction and your questions can be tailored to
suit the person sitting in front of you. My psychology plays a big part in
investigating and evaluating the information presented to me. Take your time,
even if this means two or three visits. Get to know a little about the person
you are talking to. Even now I still get caught out. It usually happens when
the person you are interviewing has a deep seated belief that you are unaware
of at the time. You can ask some searching questions to try to ascertain their
beliefs, but there are some things people will not reveal. Deep rooted racism,
religious extremism, mental illness kept in check by powerful drugs. I once
interviewed a dear sweet little old lady who offered me buttered scones and hot
sweet tea. I saw this lady turn into a seething explosion of hatred vented
against a minority group in this country, and then just as quickly she changed
back and offered me another scone. Just when you thought you knew people! Here
are some tips that may help you when interviewing people. Never take anything
at face value so record every interview and play it back several times, as you
analyse it you will be surprised at what you can learn. Sometimes it is the
most mundane story that turns out to be the most interesting. Last but not
least, be prepared for the unexpected. I still get a buzz when interviewing
people. I hope I always will.
Timeless belief:
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