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Birmingham Investigators of the Unknown

27th June 2008 

We are seriously intending to start a brand new and exciting paranormal group based in the Birmingham UK area called Birmingham Investigators of the Unknown or BirminghamIU. The founder members have good experience of the paranormal and will be looking for new members to join us. If you are experiencing the paranormal and would like some assistance, then our totally free service will range from simple advice to full investigations. Eventually, in the future as the group expands, we also hope to provide good value paid investigations to famous locations, open to the general public. The group will always remain non-profit making and everything will be put straight back into the group.

Our website is currently being designed at the time of writing, but please see http://www.birminghamiu.com for more information about the group itself. As the group develops I will describe the steps taken to start our group. If we are a success it will provide good advice to other people who also want to start their own group, if we fail it will at least show you where we went wrong.

Founder Members With The Same Goal

The group has initially formed from 3 people living in the same residential block near Birmingham City Centre.

I've got vast experience of the paranormal and have received formal training as a member of another local group which mainly use scientific investigation techniques. I haven't yet learnt to use any psychic abilities properly, but I'm reading books and attending classes. I'm also very good with computers and scientific equipment. If our new group succeeds, my involvement with my other group will cause a conflict of interests and I will be forced to resign, leaving me to put all my effort into the new group. I must choose a suitable time to resign, if I do this too soon, our group could fail and I won't be part of any group at all, if I do it too late, it will be unfair to my colleges in the established scientific group as there are strict rules about joining 2 groups.

The 2nd founder member has experience of the paranormal and is showing strong psychic abilities, although he's still got a lot to learn and is attending classes.

The final founder member also has experience of the paranormal and is showing some psychic abilities. He has also got excellent computer skills including web design.

We're are all very keen and willing to work hard to make our group a success and have already investigated potentially haunted locations together, including in my own flat (Click for more information) where we have picked up various EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon).

Obtaining Equipment For Investigations

To get the group started we need to acquire equipment. So far we only have a digital dictaphone, torches and 2 walkie talkies. We intend to purchase an EMF meter, an infra red thermometer, a 4 in 1 environment meter, a digital camera and a night vision camcorder. For more information on equipment and where to purchase it, please click here. Extra equipment will be added gradually when we have the money.

Attracting New Members

We have 3 founder members so far and would ideally like 4 or 5, so are on the look out for at least 1 more suitable candidate. Currently we're somewhat limited where we can investigate as we don't currently have a car, so a new member with his/her own transport would be very advantageous.

After recruiting all the founder members we will be looking to other keen members from the public with like minded interests to form the remainder of the group. Our website is being designed and will be publicised over the Internet in the hope of attracting interest as well as advertising for potential clients and places to investigate. Once we have more members, we then need to decide where we are going to meet and how much if anything to charge in membership into the group kitty.

Help From New Friends In The Field

Sometimes as you know it's not what you know, but who you know. Our founder members previously went on paid investigations with another local group. We asked them for help and advice starting our group. The leader is hopefully going to send some clients our way when our group is formed. She says they have far more potential clients than they're about to take on. Okay, we are in some ways getting the left overs, but it's still a great opportunity to get started.

Public Liability Insurance

It's very inportant that any serious group gets public liability insurance as a basic requirement when carrying out investigations in other people's properties. This works quite cheaply, but phone around for the best quote.

Future Updates 

We have many challenges ahead of us if we want to start a successful group.

I will update as to how we get on, whether we succeed or fail.

UPDATE 21ST JULY 2008

Since starting BirminghamIU, our 3 founder members including myself have been an a private investigation and various outdoor investigations. We have already caught EVP, numerous paranormal photographs including numerous 'orbs' and white mist. I have almost been taken by what appeared to be a spirit on a couple of occasions and our psychic has been taken by spirit. Our website is up and running. Everything is great, but we need more members. If anyone is interested, please visit our website at http://www.birminghamiu.com and contact us.

SEE COMMENTS BELOW FOR MORE UPDATES!

(All person names have been left out for the purpose of confidentiality at this time)

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