Starting a Ghost Hunting Club

You have come across a few people in your area and since there isn’t one anywhere close to you, you have decided to start your own ghost hunting club. Good idea! It is fun to share accomplishments with other people interested in the same cause. There remains this one big question though…Now what? Hopefully this how-to guide will help you organize your new club.

The first thing you need to decide is why you want to ghost hunt in the first place and what the goal of your new organization is. If you want to ghost hunt for fame, money or get you own TV show, well, better off thinking of another way. If you want to help prove the existence of ghosts and help gain an understanding of paranormal events, then you are on the right track.

You should have a set of goals for your group. The obvious one is to find ghosts but in order to do so you will have to learn how to photograph ghosts, how to record your investigations properly, proper techniques and protocols, how to conduct an investigation as well as learning to train other members. As long as everyone is willing to learn and share their knowledge, your new club will go a long way.

Just like any club you have ever joined, there will be eager people that what to “test the waters” of you club but will fade over time. So what you are looking for is 10-12 members who will take ghost hunting seriously. If your club gets bigger than this, it is hard to get actual investigations going due to training members. You may want to consider subdividing your club into separate divisions if you are fortunate enough to have a lot of dedicated members.

Now it is time to have your first meeting. For the first one we suggest you have it in a public place such as a meeting room at your local library or at your local school. Not only does it add a little formality to your first meeting but you do not know how many people will show up so the more room the better.

Now go to your local newspaper and list your club in their local events section or something similar. Most local newspaper will list events or meetings like this that are open to the public for free. You can take advantage of this and to get the word out. Also your local radio stations will most likely have public service announcements that are also free and you may be able to get listed on there also.

There is no advertising like word of mouth, so tell everyone you see about your meeting and encourage them to tell their friends. Tack up posters in the grocery store, telephone poles, community buildings or anywhere else that a lot of people will view it. You want as many people as possible to come to the first meeting.

At this point there is another decision that has to be made. How serious is your ghost hunting club going to be. If you are serious about finding ghost and doing the proper note taking, recording, interviews, pictures and everything else involved, you will want to find members that share that interest and will want to do the proper training and adhere to the rules and weed out the others.

The first meeting is where you can lay the ground rules out and let everyone know how serious your club is going to be. Plan on meeting once a month and go through a minimum of one investigation a month. Our ghost hunting section has articles on ghost hunting basics as well as conducting a ghost hunt.

Related posts:

1. Conducting A Ghost Hunt
2. Ghost Hunting Basics
3. Ghost Hunting: What NOT To Do
4. Starting a Paranormal Investigation Team – Part 1
5. Starting a Paranormal Investigation Team – Part 2