The Big List of Alabama's 'ghost hunting clubs'

Probably for as long as man has walked the earth, he’s tried to make sense of the things that he doesn’t understand, and I’m sure that most of us, at one time or another, have been curious about the supernatural and the paranormal.

Some people take it one step further and attempt to investigate claims of the supernatural and many of these hardcore investigators form “ghost hunting clubs.” Groups of this type have been around for years, but it seems that their numbers have exploded in the last decade or so, especially since the first season of the SyFy Channel’s hit show, “Ghosthunters.” (The show’s two stars, Grant Wilson and Jason Hawes, are pictured above.)

While claims of the paranormal and supernatural are fascinating, I personally find people dedicated to investigating these subjects to be equally fascinating. These individuals are generally bright and intelligent with a keen curiosity about the unexplained things that go bump in the night.

Halloween is tomorrow, and in the spirit of that holiday, I give you today a list of all the ghost hunting clubs (that I could find) in Alabama. I’ve broken the list into two parts. The first is a list of groups that have known, working Web sites, some of which are very sophisticated. The other list is of known groups without working Web sites, so far as I could tell.

Without further ado, here’s List I:

- Alabama Ghost Hunters Society: www.ghostinvestigator.tripod.com
- Alabama Paranormal Investigations (Muscle Shoals): www.myspace.com/api_alabama_paranormal
- Alabama Paranormal Research Team (Salem): www.alabamaghosthunters.com
- Alabama Paranormal Researchers (Montgomery): www.alabamaparanormalresearchers.webs.com
- Alabama Paranormal Society (Madison): www.alabama-paranormal-society.com
- All Night Paranormal (Nauvoo): www.allnightparanormal.com

- Bi-City Paranormal Research (Phenix City): www.bicityparanormal.com
- Birmingham Paranormal: www.birminghamparanormal.com
- Bon Secour Paranormal Investigations: www.bonsecourparanormalinvestigations.com

- Central Alabama Paranormal Society (Birmingham): www.centralalabamaparanormalsociety.com
- Central Alabama Society of Paranormal Exploration and Research (Wetumpka): www.myspace.com/c_a_s_p_e_r_2007

- Dixiedead Paranormal Society (Headland): www.dixiesdeath.webs.com
- Druid City Paranormal (Moundville): www.druidcityparanormal.net

- Ghosthunters Coalition (Dothan): www.ghosthunterscoalition.org
- Ghost Hunters of the South (Mobile): www.ghots.net
- Ghost Hunters of Uncommon Leagues (Boaz): www.ghoulparanormal.com
- Greater Alabama Paranormal Society – GAPS (McCalla): www.gaps.yolasite.com
- Gulf Paranormal Society of Mobile: www.gulfparanormalsocietyofmobile.web.officelive.com

- Lamar County Paranormal Society: www.myspace.com/lcapsociety
- Lower Alabama Ghost Hunters (Andalusia): www.myspace.com/la_ghost10

- Mobile Order of Paranormal Investigators: www.mobileparanormal.com

- North Alabama Paranormal Investigators (Cullman): www.bamaghost.com
- North-Eastern Alabama Paranormal Society (Mentone): www.napsonline.net

- Old South Ghost Hunters (Attalla): www.oldsouthghosthunters.yuku.com
- Organizations for Paranormal Research and Bizarre Phenomena Study – O.R.B.S. (Anniston-Gadsden area): www.angelfire.com/ab5/orbs
- Oxford Paranormal Society: www.oxfordparanormalsociety.com

- Paranormal Alabama (Birmingham): www.myspace.com/paranormalAL
- Paranormal Investigators of South Central Alabama (Alexander City): www.piscaonline.com
- Paranormal-Occult Research Team (Montgomery): www.paranormalort.com
- Paranormal Research Alliance (Cullman): www.ghosthauntings.org

- Rocket City Paranormal (Huntsville): www.rocketcityparanormal.com

- Society of Paranormal Investigations (Walker County): www.freewebs.com/kevanwalden
- Somerville Paranormal Apparition Team: www.somervilleparanormal.com
- Southeast Alabama Paranormal Society (Ozark): www.myspace.com/southeastaps
- South Eastern Ghost Research Association (Daleville): www.southeasternghostresearchassociation.webs.com
- Southern Alabama Paranormal Service: www.alabamaparanormalservice.com
- Southern Historic and Paranormal Society (Dothan): www.e-southerndata.com

- Total Paranormal Research (Birmingham): http://totalparanormal.webs.com/
- Trussville Paranormal Society: www.trussvilleparanormalsociety.blogspot.com
- Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group: www.tuscaloosaparanormal.com

- West Alabama Paranormal Research and Investigation Group (Tuscaloosa): www.myspace.com/westalabamaghosthunters
- West Alabama Paranormal Society: http://westalabamaparanormal.com
- Wiregrass Ghost Hunters (Ozark): www.wiregrassghosthunters.webs.com

The following is List II, that is, a list of known “ghost hunting” clubs in Alabama without known or functional Web sites:

- Alabama Foundation for Paranormal Research
- Alabama Ghost Haunting
- Alabama Ghost Hunting (Pell City)
- Alabama Ghost Research Society (South Alabama)
- Alabama Ghost Stalkers
- Alabama Haunted (Central Alabama)
- Alabama Paranormal Research

- Baldwin County Paranormal
- Black Warrior Paranormal Research Team (Gordo)

- Dixieland Paranormal Team (Phenix City)

- East Alabama Paranormal Enthusiasts
- East Alabama Paranormal Society (Gadsden)
- Eclectic Paths Paranormal Society
- Elite Paranormal Investigative Council of Alabama (Jasper)
- Elite Paranormal Investigators (Jasper)

- Ghost Research Society of North Central Alabama (Chilton County)
- Gulf Area Paranormal Society (Mobile-Pensacola area)
- Gulf States Paranormal Society (Birmingham)

- Mobile Area Ghost Club
- Mobile Area Ghost Investigations
- Mobile Paranormal Research Team

- No-Al Paranormal (Hartselle)
- North Alabama Paranormal Society (Huntsville)
- Northeastern Alabama Paranormal Society

- Paranormal Apparitional Research Team (Ardmore)
- Paranormal Expeditions (Birmingham)

- Shoals Paranormal (Muscle Shoals)
- South Alabama Paranormal Society (Mobile)
- Southern Alabama Paranormal Investigations (Mobile)
- Southeastern Paranormal Assistance Team (Boaz)
- Southern Paranormal Researchers (Montgomery)
- Supernatural Assistance (North Alabama)

In the end, I’d like to hear from you if you know of any other ghost hunting clubs that aren’t on this list. Also, I’ve never been on a formal investigation with an organization of this type, so if you wouldn’t mind having a writer and photographer tag along on one of your field investigations, let me know. I can be reached by e-mail at leepeacock2002@hotmailcom.