The group continued to undertake practical investigations of spiritualist phenomena, a topic then in vogue, meeting to discuss ghostly subjects.

[2][4] While the SPR was a body devoted to scientific study, the Ghost Club remained a selective and secretive organization of convinced believers for whom psychic phenomena were an established fact.

Membership was small (82 members over 54 years[citation needed]) and women were not allowed, but during this period it attracted some of the most original and controversial minds in psychical research.

Harry Price, famous for his investigation into Borley Rectory, joined as a member in 1927 as did psychologist Nandor Fodor who represented the changing approach to psychical research taking place.

[2] Within 18 months, Price relaunched the Ghost Club as a society dining event where psychic researchers and mediums delivered after-dinner talks.

Price decided to admit women to the club, also specifying that it was not a spiritualist church or association but a group of sceptics that gathered to discuss paranormal topics.

Murdie has written a number of ghost books including Haunted Brighton[11] and regularly writes for Fortean Times.

The club has been mentioned in numerous books, the most notable being No Common Task (1983),[29] This Haunted Isle (1984),[30] The Ghosthunters Almanac (1993)[31] and Nights in Haunted Houses (1994),[32] all by Peter Underwood, Some Unseen Power (1985) by Philip Paul,[33] The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits (1992) by Rosemary Ellen Guiley,[34] Will Storr Versus the Supernatural (2006) by Will Storr,[35] The Guide to Mysterious Glasgow (2009) by Geoff Holder,[36] Ghost Hunting: a Survivor's Guide (2010) by John Fraser[37] and A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting (2013) by Dr Leo Ruickbie.