The Team

Damien O'Dell Founder Since 2002	Paul Keech Vice Chairman Since 2003	Michael Lewis Investigation Co-ordinator Since 2003
Rob Rothwell Equipment Manager Since 2007	Linda Rothwell Equipment Manager Since 2007	Jasmine Jenkins Report Writer Since 2005

A short history

2003 : A busy year for us, in January apisteamspirit.co.uk, our website, was initiated. In April our motto ‘Let us find what you cannot see’ was suggested by Joan Dancer, psychic medium and a senior member of APIS. The APIS bull logo was the idea of Keith Paull, long term member and one of the finest dowsers in the U.K. He pointed out that APIS was the sacred bull associated with Osiris from Egyptian mythology.

2004 :< /span> April witnessed an expansion of APIS with the opening of a Hertfordshire branch. We also established our reputation for investigating sites that other clubs could only dream about. APIS was granted exclusive access on two special investigations. In October we held a ghost watch at the Cecil Higgins Museum in Bedford. In November we were invited to conduct investigations into the hauntings at BBC 3 Counties Radio at Luton.

2005: The APIS Seminar was launched at the Weatherley Centre in Biggleswade on the 28th May. Our star speaker was Chris Robinson, the ‘Dream Detective’. We also introduced Advanced Training, to help those members interested in becoming Team Leaders, for our steadily increasing number of vigils. Highlight of the year was undoubtedly our exclusive two night investigation in December at Britain’s Most Haunted House – Chicksands Priory in Shefford, Bedfordshire.

2006: In June (17th) we held our second APIS Seminar, again at the Weatherley Centre, which was even more successful than the original. Star speaker was Malcolm Robinson and his talk about UFOs. We moved to more permanent ‘homes’ for our meetings; at the Anchor in Tempsford, Bedfordshire and the Horse and Groom in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Our favourite investigation this year had to be September’s ghost watch at the Sun Hotel in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

2007: Third, biggest and best Seminar so far with over 100 visitors attending the Weatherley Centre. Star speaker was the legendary Lionel Fanthorpe and his gripping Fortean Mysteries. John Spencer’s Poltergeists talk was also highly praiseworthy and Ted Babbs exposition on Borley Rectory was fascinating too.

I was particularly honoured to be approached by the internationally recognised Arthur Findlay College at Stansted Hall in Stansted, Essex. This is where Spiritualist mediums from all over the world come to be trained. I was approached to be the tutor for a brand new course – Investigating the Paranormal. I spent a most enjoyable week lecturing at one lovely old house.

APIS did it again…October brought another exclusive ghost watch. Watford Library invited us to look into hauntings reported in their building by a number of staff members. This ranks as one of our best investigations… ever.

2008: APIS will continue to be run by Paul and myself as a private club without the formalities, politics and complications of a committee. We have gathered together some of the best investigators in this or any other paranormal investigation group. Together we have some exciting times ahead of us…watch this space…

Damien O’Dell
January 2012