The Ghost Club facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Industry	Paranormal investigation and research
Founded	1862, London
Headquarters	London, SW19
Key people	Alan Murdie Chair Sarah Darnell General Secretary Derek Green Investigations Officer Kevin Sebastianpillai Events Officer Andreas Charalambous Media Officer Mark Ottowell Journal Editor James Tacchi Science & Technical Officer Paul Foulsham Ghost Club Webmaster Gianna De Salvo Membership Secretary
Revenue	Non-profit

The Ghost Club is a paranormal investigation and research organization, founded in London in 1862. It is widely believed to be the oldest such organization in the world. Since 1862 it has primarily investigated ghosts and hauntings.

Notable members

• Charles Dickens
• Charles Babbage
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Dr. Nandor Fodor
• Algernon Blackwood, CBE
• Arthur Machen
• Sir William Crookes
• Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding
• Arthur Koestler
• C. E. M. Joad
• Donald Campbell
• Sir Julian Huxley
• Sir Osbert Sitwell

• W. B. Yeats
• Siegfried Sassoon
• Dennis Wheatley
• Peter Cushing
• Peter Underwood
• Maurice Grosse, investigator of the Enfield Poltergeist
• Colonel John Blashford-Snell, OBE
• Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe
• Lynn Picknett
• Colin Wilson
• Geoff Holder
• Ciarán O'Keeffe

Notable investigations

• Borley Church
• Chingle Hall
• The Queen's House
• RAF Cosford Aerospace Museum
• Glamis Castle
• Winchester Theatre
• The Ancient Ram Inn in Wotton-under-Edge
• Woodchester Mansion
• Balgonie Castle

• Ham House
• New Lanark
• Coalhouse Fort
• Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
• Alloa Tower
• Scotland Street School Museum
• Michelham Priory
• Culross Palace
• Clerkenwell House of Detention