The '''Ghost Club Society''' is a [[paranormal]] investigative group formed by [[Peter Underwood (parapsychologist)|Peter Underwood]] in 1994. The group was formed after his departure from the [[Ghost Club]].<ref name="book1">{{Cite book | last = Cheung | first = Theresa | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World | publisher = Harper Element | series = | volume = | edition = | date = 2006 | location = | pages = 244 | language = English | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0-00-721148-7 | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}</ref>
==Historical incarnations==
The first Ghost Club Society was founded by [[Bishop Benson]] in 1851 and was revived again by [[Harry Price]] in 1954.<ref name="Britain)Congress)2001">{{cite book|author1=Society for Psychical Research (Great Britain)|author2=Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)|title=Journal of the Society for Psychical Research|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EgB_AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=26 July 2011|year=2001|publisher=Society for Psychical Research.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Timeless mystery of West Cornwall| work = | pages = 37| publisher = The Cornishman| date = October 14, 2004| url = | accessdate = July 26, 2011}}</ref> [[Dennis Bardens]] was also a life member.<ref>{{cite news | last = Rotchelle| first = Dave| coauthors = | title = OBITUARY: DENNIS BARDENS;| work = | pages = 34| publisher = The Independent| date = February 18, 2004| url = | accessdate = July 26, 2011}}</ref>
==Current status==
The current society is the third incarnation of the group.<ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Dennis Bardens| work = | pages = 37| publisher = The Times| date = March 10, 2004| url = | accessdate = July 26, 2011}}</ref> Membership to the Ghost Club Society (http://www.ghostclub.org.uk/index.html)is open and democratic, but subject to a year's probationary membership whereby continued membership is subject to the aggreement of the Club's Council (http://www.ghostclub.org.uk/gc_contact_main.htm), and the group has several hundred members.<ref>{{cite news | last = Darnton| first = John| coauthors = | title = Was it a ghost of a chance - or vice versa?| work = | pages = | publisher = The Houston Chronicle| date = April 30, 1994| url = | accessdate = July 26, 2011}}</ref><ref name="book1"/> Quartly newsletters are published to members and regular meetings are held around the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref name="book1"/>
