Ghost Club Society

The Ghost Club Society was formed in 1994 by Peter Underwood following his departure from the Ghost Club. Underwood had been connected with the earlier organization since Harry Price invited him to join, and he served as its president from 1960 through 1993. The new Society therefore represented a continuation of Underwood's involvement in organized British paranormal research, while remaining a distinct organization from the Ghost Club. The Society operated on an invitation-only basis. Contemporary descriptions reported several hundred members, suggesting a substantial private network rather than a small informal circle. Its documented activities included quarterly newsletters and regular meetings in different parts of the United Kingdom. These formats allowed members to share accounts of alleged hauntings, discuss investigative experiences, and maintain contact between meetings. Its founder brought a long-established research and publishing background to the organization. Underwood had developed an interest in hauntings during childhood and was strongly influenced by Harry Price's investigations, especially the Borley Rectory case. Over a career spanning more than seven decades, he wrote books on reported supernatural activity in Britain and helped popularize comprehensive regional surveys of allegedly haunted locations. His Gazetteer of British Ghosts and Haunted London treated haunting reports in a systematic, location-based format and encouraged further visits and investigation. Underwood's position was not simply that all reported paranormal events were authentic. In his later autobiography, he argued that most ghost stories could probably be explained through natural causes such as misidentification, hallucination, or pranks, while retaining an interest in a small minority of cases that he considered less easily explained. This stance placed the Society within a tradition of psychical research that combined belief, testimony gathering, field investigation, and varying degrees of skepticism. The Society's documented history is limited in the available reference material. No reliable information is provided about its legal incorporation, permanent premises, later leadership, official publications beyond the member newsletters, or its eventual fate. The organization should consequently be recorded as having an unknown current status. Its known historical significance lies primarily in its connection to Peter Underwood and in its role as an invitation-only successor organization within Britain's organized ghost-investigation community.

• 1994

  Ghost Club Society established

  [1]Peter Underwood (parapsychologist)en.wikipedia.org

  Peter Underwood formed the Ghost Club Society after leaving the Ghost Club, where he had served as president for more than three decades.

A selective British society for the exchange of information and experiences concerning ghosts, hauntings, and psychical research, operating within Peter Underwood's comparatively investigative and partly skeptical tradition.

• Member communications · 1994

  Quarterly member newsletters

  The Society reportedly issued newsletters four times a year to its members. The available reference does not specify their editorial format, circulation, archival availability, or individual contents, but the newsletters formed a regular channel for communicating within the invitation-only organization.

• Member events · 1994

  Regular UK meetings

  Regular meetings were held at locations around the United Kingdom. These gatherings appear to have supported discussion and exchange concerning ghosts, hauntings, and psychical research. Specific venues, schedules, formats, and investigation programs are not identified in the available material.

1. 1Peter Underwood (parapsychologist)en.wikipedia.org