Ghost Research Society

{{Short description|Paranormal research organization}}

The Ghost Research Society (formerly known as the Ghost Tracker's Club) is a paranormal research society, founded in the late 1970s by Martin V. Riccardo.{{cite book| last=Cheung| first=Theresa| title = The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World| publisher=Harper Element| year=2006| page=248| url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Element-Encyclopedia-Psychic-World/dp/0007783892#reader_B004FPYX40| isbn=978-0-00-721148-7|url-access=subscription }}

History

The Society was founded as the Ghost Tracker's Club in 1977 but changed its name to the Ghost Research Society in 1982.

Investigations

The Ghost Research Society began investigations in the late 1970s and has looked into many famous cases including those at Bachelor's Grove Cemetery. Dale Kaczmarek, the current president, assumed his position in 1982. From the outset of its investigations the society has endeavored to use technology.{{cite news| last=Findlay| first=Melynda| title=Ghost hunter to share stories at benefit for her sick sister| page=1| work=Daily Herald| location=Arlington Heights, Illinois| date=October 8, 2000}} In 1994, the organization collaborated with the American Society for Psychical Research to produce the National Directory of Haunted Places.{{cite news| last=Sloan| first=Gene| title=Trick or treat trips to great old haunts| page=4D| work=USA Today| date=October 11, 1994}}

Current status

Though the group is based in Oak Lawn, Illinois,{{cite news| last=Busk| first=Celeste| title=Spooked? Ghost Hunter Has the Spirit| page=63| work=Chicago Sun-Times| date=October 30, 1992}} it has an international membership. The society produces a quarterly newsletter called the Ghost Tracker's Newsletter and gives bus tours of Chicago's supposedly haunted locations.{{cite news| last=Busk| first=Celeste| title=Guided Tours Of 'Unknown'| page=64| work=Chicago Sun-Times| date=October 30, 1992}}

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