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Paul Drake is a British psychic medium and paranormal investigator based in Stow, Lincolnshire.^[1] He served as resident medium of Spirit Searchers during its active years (2004–2007), and went on to found his own investigation team, Paranormal Lincs.

Spirit Searchers

Drake was one of the founding members of Spirit Searchers, the Lincolnshire-based investigation team active between 2004 and 2007, serving as the team's psychic medium throughout its operation.^[2]

Paranormal Lincs

Following Spirit Searchers' disbandment in 2007, Drake founded Paranormal Lincs, a not-for-profit paranormal investigation team based in Lincolnshire.^[1]

(Note: a 2015 press article states Paranormal Lincs "was formed in 2003" — this appears to predate the 2007 Spirit Searchers disbandment cited above. This discrepancy hasn't been resolved and is flagged here rather than silently corrected; please clarify if you have the accurate founding date.)

By 2015, the group had grown to thirteen members with a notably varied range of backgrounds, including two world-record-holding deep-sea divers, three mediums, a counsellor and a printer, alongside Drake himself.^[1] The group operates on a strictly not-for-profit basis and does not charge for its investigations, a point Drake and the team have repeatedly emphasised as central to their approach.^[3]

Paranormal Lincs follows a structured, multi-stage investigation process: an initial visit to assess a reported location before any assumption of paranormal activity is made, a second visit to plan equipment placement, and a third full investigation intended to check earlier findings and rule out conventional explanations wherever possible — with the group only concluding a location is "active" after all three stages.^[1]

Lincoln 1000

One of the group's notable projects, "Lincoln 1000," set out to document and update the historical record of paranormal activity across Lincoln and the surrounding area spanning roughly a thousand years.^[1] As part of the project, the group identified the Green Dragon pub in Lincoln and the Charles I coffee house in Newark-on-Trent as among the most active locations they had investigated, while keeping the fuller findings of individual client investigations confidential.^[1]

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "Paranormal enthusiasts aim to reveal Lincoln's mysterious and haunted past."The Lincolnite.
↑ See Spirit Searchers for the full history of the group.
↑ "Investigating The Paranormal In Lincolnshire."Lincolnshire.org.

External links

[lincolnite-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "Paranormal enthusiasts aim to reveal Lincoln's mysterious and haunted past."The Lincolnite.

[2] See Spirit Searchers for the full history of the group.

[lincolnshireorg-3] "Investigating The Paranormal In Lincolnshire."Lincolnshire.org.

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-{{OrganisationInfobox
+{{PersonInfobox
-|name=Paranormal Lincs
+|name=Paul Drake
-|type=Paranormal investigation team
+|occupation=Psychic medium, paranormal investigator
-|founders=Paul Drake
+|known_for=Resident medium of Spirit Searchers; founder of Paranormal Lincs
-|location=Lincolnshire, England
+|status=Living}}
-|known_for=Not-for-profit paranormal investigations; the "Lincoln 1000" project
-|status=Active}}
-'''Paranormal Lincs''' is a not-for-profit paranormal investigation team based in Lincolnshire, England, founded by [[Paul Drake]] following the disbandment of [[Spirit Searchers]] in 2007.<ref name="lincolnite">{{cite web |title=Paranormal enthusiasts aim to reveal Lincoln's mysterious and haunted past |url=https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2015/09/paranormal-enthusiasts-aim-to-reveal-lincolns-mysterious-and-haunted-past/ |website=The Lincolnite}}</ref>
+'''Paul Drake''' is a British psychic medium and paranormal investigator based in Stow, Lincolnshire.<ref name="lincolnite">{{cite web |title=Paranormal enthusiasts aim to reveal Lincoln's mysterious and haunted past |url=https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2015/09/paranormal-enthusiasts-aim-to-reveal-lincolns-mysterious-and-haunted-past/ |website=The Lincolnite}}</ref> He served as resident medium of [[Spirit Searchers]] during its active years (2004–2007), and went on to found his own investigation team, Paranormal Lincs.
-''(Note: a 2015 press article states the group "was formed in 2003," which appears to predate the 2007 Spirit Searchers disbandment. This discrepancy hasn't been resolved and is flagged rather than silently corrected — see the [[Paul Drake]] article for the same note.)''
+== Spirit Searchers ==
+Drake was one of the founding members of [[Spirit Searchers]], the Lincolnshire-based investigation team active between 2004 and 2007, serving as the team's psychic medium throughout its operation.<ref>See [[Spirit Searchers]] for the full history of the group.</ref>
-== Structure and approach ==
+== Paranormal Lincs ==
-By 2015, Paranormal Lincs had grown to thirteen members drawn from a deliberately varied range of backgrounds, including two world-record-holding deep-sea divers, three mediums, a counsellor and a printer.<ref name="lincolnite" /> The group operates on a strictly not-for-profit basis, charging nothing for its investigations, and treats client information as confidential.<ref name="lincolnshireorg">{{cite web |title=Investigating The Paranormal In Lincolnshire |url=https://lincolnshire.org/investigating-the-paranormal-in-lincolnshire/ |website=Lincolnshire.org}}</ref>
+Following Spirit Searchers' disbandment in 2007, Drake founded [[Paranormal Lincs]], a not-for-profit paranormal investigation team based in Lincolnshire.<ref name="lincolnite" />
-The team follows a structured, multi-visit investigation process rather than treating a single overnight visit as conclusive: an initial assessment visit before any assumption of paranormal activity is made, a second visit to determine equipment placement, and a third full investigation intended to check earlier findings and rule out conventional explanations wherever possible.<ref name="lincolnite" /> Only after all three stages does the group conclude whether a location is "active."<ref name="lincolnite" />
+''(Note: a 2015 press article states Paranormal Lincs "was formed in 2003" — this appears to predate the 2007 Spirit Searchers disbandment cited above. This discrepancy hasn't been resolved and is flagged here rather than silently corrected; please clarify if you have the accurate founding date.)''
-== Lincoln 1000 ==
+By 2015, the group had grown to thirteen members with a notably varied range of backgrounds, including two world-record-holding deep-sea divers, three mediums, a counsellor and a printer, alongside Drake himself.<ref name="lincolnite" /> The group operates on a strictly not-for-profit basis and does not charge for its investigations, a point Drake and the team have repeatedly emphasised as central to their approach.<ref name="lincolnshireorg">{{cite web |title=Investigating The Paranormal In Lincolnshire |url=https://lincolnshire.org/investigating-the-paranormal-in-lincolnshire/ |website=Lincolnshire.org}}</ref>
-One of the group's most substantial projects, "Lincoln 1000," set out to document and update the historical record of reported paranormal activity across Lincoln and the surrounding area over a period of roughly a thousand years.<ref name="lincolnite" /> As part of the project, the group identified the Green Dragon pub in Lincoln and the Charles I coffee house in Newark-on-Trent as among the most active locations they had investigated, while keeping the fuller findings of individual client cases confidential.<ref name="lincolnite" />
-{{VaultOrganisationBrief
+Paranormal Lincs follows a structured, multi-stage investigation process: an initial visit to assess a reported location before any assumption of paranormal activity is made, a second visit to plan equipment placement, and a third full investigation intended to check earlier findings and rule out conventional explanations wherever possible — with the group only concluding a location is "active" after all three stages.<ref name="lincolnite" />
-|scope=Lincolnshire and the surrounding region, England
-|methodology=Multi-stage investigation process (initial assessment, equipment planning, full investigation and review); combines technical equipment with the mediums present within the team; not-for-profit, client confidentiality maintained
+=== Lincoln 1000 ===
-|key_members=Paul Drake (founder); Michelle (co-investigator)
+One of the group's notable projects, "Lincoln 1000," set out to document and update the historical record of paranormal activity across Lincoln and the surrounding area spanning roughly a thousand years.<ref name="lincolnite" /> As part of the project, the group identified the Green Dragon pub in Lincoln and the Charles I coffee house in Newark-on-Trent as among the most active locations they had investigated, while keeping the fuller findings of individual client investigations confidential.<ref name="lincolnite" />
-|notable_case=The "Lincoln 1000" project, documenting Lincoln-area paranormal history over roughly a thousand years
-|successor=N/A — direct successor to [[Spirit Searchers]]
+{{VaultProfileBrief
-|current_status=Active
+|category=Psychic Medium / Paranormal Investigator
-|legacy=Paranormal Lincs represents a direct organisational continuation of the Lincolnshire investigation tradition established by Spirit Searchers, distinguished by its structured, multi-visit methodology and sustained not-for-profit ethos over more than a decade of documented activity.
+|relevance=Moderate
+|connection=Resident medium for Spirit Searchers; founder of Paranormal Lincs
+|assessment=Paul Drake represents a direct link between two generations of Lincolnshire-based amateur paranormal investigation, having moved from a resident-medium role in Spirit Searchers into founding and leading his own team. Paranormal Lincs' explicitly not-for-profit, multi-stage investigative approach and its long-running "Lincoln 1000" documentation project distinguish it from more commercially-oriented touring or television-focused paranormal outfits.
 }}
 == See also ==
-* [[Paul Drake]]
 * [[Spirit Searchers]]
+* [[Paranormal Lincs]]
+* [[Gary JJ Spate]]
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-* [https://www.facebook.com/paranormal.lincs.taps.official Paranormal Lincs — Facebook page]
+* [https://www.facebook.com/paranormal.lincs.taps.official Paranormal Lincs — Facebook]
-* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/paranormallincs Paranormal Lincs — Facebook group]
 * [https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2015/09/paranormal-enthusiasts-aim-to-reveal-lincolns-mysterious-and-haunted-past/ The Lincolnite — Paranormal enthusiasts aim to reveal Lincoln's mysterious and haunted past]
 * [https://lincolnshire.org/investigating-the-paranormal-in-lincolnshire/ Lincolnshire.org — Investigating The Paranormal In Lincolnshire]
-[[Category:Organisations]]
+[[Category:People]]
+[[Category:Psychic Mediums]]
 [[Category:Lincolnshire]]
-[[Category:Ghosts and Hauntings]]