IN THE DARK
Paranormal Investigations
Sophie-Maye Beck
Team Leader
Youngest of our intrepid ghost hunters, Sophie's been with us for four years and has taken part in dozens of investigations.
Sophie's a dedicated team member who has a fun and outgoing view of life. Her natural flair for putting people at ease makes her the ideal group leader.
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Sophie's interests are, naturally, the paranormal and all things that go 'bump' in the night!, baking, make-up and socialising with her friends.
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Sophie's favourite place to investigate is The Black-E in Liverpool.
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Gordon Powell
Psychic/Medium
Gordon is our resident Psychic, Medium and all-round Joker!
Gordon is dedicated to his craft and, up to very recently, was president of the Runcorn Spiritual Church.
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Gordon has attended dozens of investigations and is always considered our go-to guy when interacting with the other side.
Kimberley McCann
Team Leader
Team Leader and nuttier than a box of nuts!
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Kim's one of our main team leaders and her easy-going nature ensures her guests are instantly put at ease. Kim has attended dozens of investigations.
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Kim's interests include her 2 lovely children, camping, outdoors excursions and ensuring everywhere is clean and tidy!
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Kim's favourite place to investigate is The Black - E in Liverpool.
Karen Powell
Team Member
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Karen has been part of our team for over 4 years and has attended dozens of investigations.
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Karen, along with Gordon, has been a part of the Runcorn Spiritual Church for a number of years and has been honing her own mediumistic qualities.
Karen always has a smile to hand and helps out when things get tough!
Lauren Hesketh
Team Leader
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Lauren is the talkative one! Always has a smile and her easy-going nature makes her a natural for putting guests at ease.
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Lauren's one of our main team leaders, has attended dozens of investigations and is always the first to take the lead.
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Lauren's interests include her 2 lovely children, socialising, exercising, murder mysteries and jumpy-scary horror films.
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Laura's favourite places to investigate are Penrhyn Old Hall and Strelley Hall.
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Mandy Hesketh
Founder & Admin
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Admin and everything else 'behind-the-scenes'! Mandy's one of the original founders of ITDP and has attended dozens of investigations.
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When she's not painting her clients' nails (one of her true-life's passions), Mandy's other interests include her grandchildren, cooking, 80's music and all things paranormal.
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Mandy's favourite investigations have been at Strelley Hall and The Black-E (but The Four Crosses terrified her!)
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Craig McCann
Bouncer, Driver, Team member & all-round nice guy
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Craig is a natural talker, knows how to put people at ease and always has a smile on his face.
Craig has attended dozens of investigations. His interests include his 2 lovely children, driving, anything to do with cars & buses, outdoors excursions, camping, his 2 rabbits, 2 chickens and Brodie, his Yorkshire Terrier.
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Craig's previous job has seen him driving Bob Dylan and Dame Julie Andrews in the back of his car!
His favourite investigation was at Whittington Castle.
Ray Hesketh
Founder & Lead Investigator
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And then there was one! .
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I am our resident sceptic, staying vaguely on the scientific side of things (but keeping my mind completely open).
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My interests include reading horror, listening to old time horror radio shows, new horror podcasts and watching anything horror related.
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My favourite place to investigate is Strelley Hall, closely followed by every other place we've investigated!