Paranormal Lincs

Paranormal Lincs is a not-for-profit paranormal investigation team based in Lincolnshire, England, founded by Paul Drake.

A 2015 press profile of the group states it "was formed in 2003." This is corroborated by a primary-source investigation report: a joint overnight investigation conducted by Spirit Searchers and Paranormal-lincs together at The Longship pub in Grimsby on 18–19 February 2005, while Spirit Searchers itself was still an active team (it did not disband until 2007). This establishes that Paranormal Lincs operated alongside Spirit Searchers for at least part of the earlier team's active period, rather than being founded afterward as a direct successor; Drake continued running Paranormal Lincs independently following Spirit Searchers' 2007 disbandment.

Structure and approach

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. The group operates on a strictly not-for-profit basis, charging nothing for its investigations, and treats client information as confidential.

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. Only after all three stages does the group conclude whether a location is "active."

Lincoln 1000

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. 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.

ORGANISATION ASSESSMENT

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

KEY MEMBERS

Paul Drake (founder); Michelle (co-investigator); Erin Josephs (medium, 2005-era investigations)

NOTABLE CASE

Joint investigation of The Longship pub, Grimsby, with Spirit Searchers (February 2005); the "Lincoln 1000" project

SUCCEEDED BY

N/A — operated concurrently with, rather than as a successor to, Spirit Searchers

CURRENT STATUS

Active

LEGACY

Paranormal Lincs is documented as operating alongside Spirit Searchers from at least 2005, with Paul Drake serving in both organisations simultaneously, before continuing independently after Spirit Searchers' 2007 disbandment. Its structured, multi-visit methodology and sustained not-for-profit ethos have continued across more than two decades of documented activity.

See also

• Paul Drake
• Spirit Searchers

External links

• Paranormal Lincs — Facebook page
• Paranormal Lincs — Facebook group
• The Lincolnite — Paranormal enthusiasts aim to reveal Lincoln's mysterious and haunted past
• Lincolnshire.org — Investigating The Paranormal In Lincolnshire