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|name=Society of Paranormal Studies | |name=Society of Paranormal Studies | ||
|image=SPS_Logo.png | |||
|caption=Logo of the Society of Paranormal Studies | |||
|type=Paranormal investigation team | |type=Paranormal investigation team | ||
|founded= | |founded=2004 | ||
|founders=Gary JJ Spate, Sadie Ingoldby-Spate | |founders=Gary JJ Spate, Sadie Ingoldby-Spate | ||
|known_for=Feeding case investigations into The EERIE Files | |known_for=Feeding case investigations into The EERIE Files | ||
|status=Active | |status=Active | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Society of Paranormal Studies''' (SPS) is a Kent-based paranormal investigations team founded by Gary JJ Spate and Sadie Ingoldby-Spate. SPS traces its founding to 2004, the year Spate and Ingoldby-Spate began investigating together as co-founding members of [[Spirit Searchers]], a UK paranormal investigations team active from 2004 to 2007. When Spirit Searchers closed in 2007, Spate and Ingoldby-Spate carried its methodology, casework, and working relationship forward under the SPS name rather than starting afresh, and SPS's own materials treat the organisation as an unbroken continuation of that 2004 lineage — a successor in practice, not a new outfit that happened to share founders. SPS conducts on-location paranormal investigations, with its case findings feeding into [[The EERIE Files]], the wider global paranormal community and archive. | |||
The | == Relationship to The EERIE Files == | ||
SPS operates as a narrower, regionally-focused investigation team, feeding its case material into The EERIE Files' broader coverage of hauntings, UFOs, psychic experiences, cryptids, and parapsychology. The SPS Knowledge Base — SPS's own documentation of its investigations, built up continuously since the 2004 Spirit Searchers-era casework — is being absorbed into The EERIE Files as part of its archive, [[The Vault]]. | |||
The merger is being carried out as a structured migration rather than a simple upload. Case files originating with Spirit Searchers and, later, SPS are being reviewed, cross-referenced against The EERIE Files' existing regional and thematic indexes, and re-catalogued to Vault standards before being formally accessioned. Where SPS records predate The EERIE Files' own documentation conventions — as with much of the pre-2007 material — investigators are annotating entries with updated location data, equipment notes, and context rather than rewriting the original case reports, so that the Vault version preserves the original findings alongside a modern editorial layer. The intent is for the SPS Knowledge Base to eventually exist as a fully searchable, cross-linked subset of The Vault, giving SPS's two-decade case history a permanent home within the wider archive while keeping SPS itself active as the investigating body generating new material. | |||
== Investigations == | == Investigations == | ||
SPS has conducted investigations at a number of locations, including an early case at The Corner Pin, Donington le Heath, carried out roughly twenty years ago. | SPS has conducted investigations at a number of locations, including an early case at [[The Corner Pin, Donington le Heath]], carried out roughly twenty years ago — placing it among the team's earliest casework from its Spirit Searchers-era origins. Prior to the Spirit Searchers name winding down in 2007, the team conducted a 2005 investigation at the home of [[Alex Birch]] — see [[Spirit Searchers]] for details. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[The Vault]] | * [[The Vault]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Spirit Searchers]] | ||
[[Category:Organisations]] | [[Category:Organisations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:18, 12 August 2026
The Society of Paranormal Studies (SPS) is a Kent-based paranormal investigations team founded by Gary JJ Spate and Sadie Ingoldby-Spate. SPS traces its founding to 2004, the year Spate and Ingoldby-Spate began investigating together as co-founding members of Spirit Searchers, a UK paranormal investigations team active from 2004 to 2007. When Spirit Searchers closed in 2007, Spate and Ingoldby-Spate carried its methodology, casework, and working relationship forward under the SPS name rather than starting afresh, and SPS's own materials treat the organisation as an unbroken continuation of that 2004 lineage — a successor in practice, not a new outfit that happened to share founders. SPS conducts on-location paranormal investigations, with its case findings feeding into The EERIE Files, the wider global paranormal community and archive.
Relationship to The EERIE Files
SPS operates as a narrower, regionally-focused investigation team, feeding its case material into The EERIE Files' broader coverage of hauntings, UFOs, psychic experiences, cryptids, and parapsychology. The SPS Knowledge Base — SPS's own documentation of its investigations, built up continuously since the 2004 Spirit Searchers-era casework — is being absorbed into The EERIE Files as part of its archive, The Vault.
The merger is being carried out as a structured migration rather than a simple upload. Case files originating with Spirit Searchers and, later, SPS are being reviewed, cross-referenced against The EERIE Files' existing regional and thematic indexes, and re-catalogued to Vault standards before being formally accessioned. Where SPS records predate The EERIE Files' own documentation conventions — as with much of the pre-2007 material — investigators are annotating entries with updated location data, equipment notes, and context rather than rewriting the original case reports, so that the Vault version preserves the original findings alongside a modern editorial layer. The intent is for the SPS Knowledge Base to eventually exist as a fully searchable, cross-linked subset of The Vault, giving SPS's two-decade case history a permanent home within the wider archive while keeping SPS itself active as the investigating body generating new material.
Investigations
SPS has conducted investigations at a number of locations, including an early case at The Corner Pin, Donington le Heath, carried out roughly twenty years ago — placing it among the team's earliest casework from its Spirit Searchers-era origins. Prior to the Spirit Searchers name winding down in 2007, the team conducted a 2005 investigation at the home of Alex Birch — see Spirit Searchers for details.