Lincs Paranormal Research Team

The Lincs Paranormal Research Team was founded in 2003. During this period we have spent time in locations around Lincolnshire and further afield in the UK, our aim isn't to prove or disprove the existence of ghosts, hauntings or paranormal activity - we are merely here to gather any information towards furthering our research.

As a collective we are objective in our approach to everything we set out to achieve, the moment you allow yourselves to let your own beliefs taint the research, you might as well give up as you're not doing your job. We will remain open minded on most things.

There are more details on us individually below and you can find out a few bits more in the FAQs section.

Sarah is from Buckinghamshire in the South East, after she finished drama school, with some appearances on tv, she took up writing. "I write lots of things from short stories to plays and novels, but all of them have a distinctly paranormal flavour." She currently works at a local theatre. "After 3 years of drama school I decided not to add my dubious talents to an already over-stuffed acting profession, and ended up where all ex-actors go to die - in the land of Box Office!" She is also studying pet psychology in the hope of becoming a Behavioural Pet Therapist in the not too distant future.

She got interested in the whole paranormal subject at an early age, "Ever since I first heard of things such as ghosts, the possibility of an after-life, UFO's, crop circles and myths and legends of any sort I've been on a mission to find out more.  The more you learn the more you want to learn.  It's addictive!" "I don't know whether it's belief so much as instinct - I have a strong instinct that there's something else after we die.  After all, nothing really 'dies' it just changes state.  It decomposes and reconstitutes into some other form so from that point of view, there's definitely no such thing as death the way it's popularly perceived.  So why not for the 'soul?' I also have a strong instinct based on the evidence gathered from research already done that we're not entirely alone in the multiverse.  In terms of everything else, I'm entirely open minded and the way I see it, there has to be a germ or basis in truth for every myth, legend and story ever created...our job is to sort out the wheat from the chaff and beat a path to it."

Sarah joined the team at the end of 2004 and is already on a mission, "It's made me more analytical and less ready to accept everything at face value.  It's made me a lot more discerning where mediumship is concerned also.  That's not to say I don't believe it's possible for people to be 'in contact' with the dead but it's just to say that I've seen how it can be manipulated and misinterpreted.  I'd like to investigate mediums as much as anything and really find someone who's abilities are 100% genuine."

Clare is originally from Yorkshire but moved to Lincolnshire when she was just 8 years old, she left education with a pocketful of diplomas in computing. She first worked in a pub before running that same pub for the next 8 years and then moved into pharmacy work. "I now work for the local Theatre in Lincoln. Anything bizarre or strange that wouldn’t happen to most people, will happen to me."

Her interest in the paranormal started at an early age too, "I got interested in the paranormal at about the age of 6, after seeing what I believe to be my first ghost. I was totally fascinated and from then on read as many books as I could on the subject. I then spent my older years looking around haunted or spooky places, moving onto travelling around old airfields in Lincolnshire before joining the group". "I am a total believer in the paranormal, just not in what the eye always sees or what the brain interpretes. I do need to have a reasonable amount of evidence before I am willing to believe in something being paranormal though"

Clare joined the team in 2004 and fitted in straight away, she's hoping that being in the group will answer the questions that keep cropping up. "Hopefully I'll gain more knowledge about the subject, as well as what goes through other peoples minds when they feel as if something paranormal is happening. Of course though maybe one day get some proof that the ghosts and other stuff really do exist." Clare hasn't come across anything that could be considered to be concrete proof of the paranormal but has had a couple of unexplainable events happen, "Had one or two but not really anything of great note, still waiting for that to change though". Being in the group hasn't really changed her thoughts on the paranormal or her beliefs at all, "No, not that I know of".

Garry lives in Lincoln and spent many years travelling up and down the country with various bands that he was in, "I've been in loads of bands and worked with some top musicians through the years, it's been hell!"

He has been self employed twice and now works for the Lincs County Council.   Again, he got interested in the paranormal at an early age, "I've always had an interest in the paranormal subject for as long as I can remember and hearing stories from family and friends made me even more interested in finding out what was really happening. It's one of those subjects that intrigues a lot of people and I'm no different in that respect" "I'm a fence sitter where this subject is concerned, something is going on but whether or not it's the dead causing these things to happen is debatable. I do lean towards the idea that 'ghosts' are recordings from the past, how these recordings are made etc is another thing up for debate but it would explain why a lot of unconnected people see the same things happening in certain places at different times. I also think that a lot of times people are left way too open to suggestion and convince themselves that something is what it isn't."

Garry founded the group in 2003 after helping out various other groups and individuals, He hopes to come up with some sort of evidence one way or the other with this group, "If it means debunking things on the way then fair enough. I know we'll always remain honest and will never resort to any fakery or that sort of thing as there'd be no point, we'd only be fooling ourselves in the long run." "I've had a few weird things happen during investigations I've taken part in, but again it's left open to interpretation on whether they really were genuine paranormal happenings or not."
Being in the group has changed his views slightly, "I suppose I'm leaning further and further onto the sceptical side, I'll still remain open minded on it though, as you never know...one day maybe eh?"