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Alone in the Dark Entertainment want to help:

We are very much aware that the success of our public ghost hunt events is in some way having a detrimental impact on the serious paranormal investigation groups with the hire prices of locations rocketing and some groups who claimed to be research groups and who are selling tickets to the public for cut price events. These cowboy companies are damaging the locations and the reputation of research societies and public ghost hunt companies.

What we are doing to help:

In 2008 we met with the heads of many locations that are hired out to the public and offered them the BPE Solution. 

• To stop small research teams and societies been out priced so they could not afford to hire a location for research purposes.
• To give 2 price’s for the location hire. One for research and one for Public ghost hunts
• To help locations with the correct contracts between the clients and stop the groups from booking and not turning up and leaving companies with unwanted cost’s
• To stop locations from claiming they are haunted or building a fake history around the location for sale’s
• To make sure each location makes sure the groups it allows to book are real groups and societies or Public entertainment groups with the right insurance, health and safety certificates
• We are also looking into a way of making sure any group that is working with the public has the right licences for serving food with a food and hygiene certificate and that it is prepared by a qualified company
• We also want to see public entertainment groups with a full CRB check for their criminal back ground as some companies deal with the public, under 18’s and are trusted with your private details in historic locations
• To make sure each company and location adhere to the data protection act of 1998

• To make sure the companies that are selling tickets for events and the people running them have the correct customer service skills

• To make sure that the team leaders for public groups have some form of training in the paranormal research field and can answer questions correctly about the scientific and the spiritual side of the paranormal

The Board of Paranormal Entertainment and Research is a comity first set up in 2008 to regulate locations and groups. To stop fraudulent people from creating fake companies and selling tickets online or on ebay and disappearing with the public’s money.

Some research groups are also selling tickets to events and are not classing it as entertainment and by the new EU laws these companies must be classed as entertainment. The groups are still real researchers and investigation groups and do the same as a full investigation only difference is the public take part in the investigation.

Click here to read an interview about the BPE and its founder.

More About The BPE

There are a number of locations available at a reduced price for research groups with the corect paper work.

• Certificate of Insurance and liability
• Form of group ID or investigation ID
• Some form of reference from a reliable source with contact info

There will also be a contract created between the location and the research team

You must also pay a deposit for the hire of location and the rest of the hire charge on the night.

Call one of our team on 0191 4400078 for more info on locations and pricing or to find our more about how to Register your location or group with the BPE 

What the BPE do and why

The BPE is a board of members who govern the paranormal entertainment and research field to protect the public from fraud. We require standards in the entertainment field such as health and safety, customer care and satisfaction, value for money and to stop the falls sales of fake events and to make sure the locations used in paranormal entertainment nights are registered as a location with unexplainable activity and have the required insurances along with Heath and Safety. There for stopping fraudulent companies, mediums, fakers and unregistered companies from advertising and clamming to have haunted or paranormal activity accruing in its location for the gain of money.

Any company or research group that wants to sell tickets to the public or its members must be registered with the BPE and have the correct protocol in place and full trained and vetted staff.

These types of company’s must have in place:

• Full public liability insurance of a minimum of £5.000.000
• 2 people appointed first ad
• Full health and safety certificate and at least  person in the team and at the event must be fully trained in health and safety and carry the correct badges during the event
• Any company offering or selling hot or cold food must have a Food and Hygiene certificate; if the food is prepped or purchased from a supplier then they must have the correct health and safety, food and hygiene certificates along with person serving food.
• Any team members or staff at an event who is hander ling, transporting, and or serving food should also have a Food and Hygiene certificate.
• Any company trading in or giving away alcohol must have the correct licensing from that towns council (see local council site for more info)
• Any company trading in or giving away hot or cold food must have the correct licensing from that towns council (see local council site for more info)
• All team members and helpers at an event who are dealing with or come in contact with the public should be CRB checked, they should also have proof of this in the form of a certificate
• Any team member or person taking the general public into a supposed paranormally active location must have full paranormal training provided by a registered body like the BPE
• Any direct company trading in the sale of tickets for an overnight ghost hunt or paranormal event must have in place a customer care support worker with full customer care training
• Any company or team that take the public into a suggested haunted location should offer and have in place the correct guidance officer to help with the effects of the event, therefore if you are directly responsible for the public in such paranormal active locations then you are directly responsible for the correction of that persons mind and body and must offer a help line or support service after the event for 14 days there for.
• To trade or sell tickets to an event with a spirit medium or physical medium involved in the night must by law be classed as a entertainment company and be fully registered and hold the stamp of the BPE to trade as a paranormal entertainment company.

The location used for a paranormal event must have in place:

• There own building and content insurance and be directly responsible for the contents of the building, the location should also have all required public access insurances by law
• The location should have the correct fire procedures displayed in the location and all fire exits must be free and unlocked by law at all times.
• If the location allows foods  to be served in the location, then the location should also have the correct Food and Hygiene certificate
• A full disability access statement made clear at the point of sale or agreement on the hire charge of the location with any company
• Any hidden charges must be declared at the point of hire of the location
• Upon the hire of the location the entertainment company or the location, building or key holder for the event must have a contract in place for each event held in the location. To stop companies from booking and not turning up. Any company that is registered with the BPE who have booked a location for an event then have not turned up or given the required cancelation time of 24hrs will then be liable for the costing of the staff used on the night if there is no prior notice given to the location.
• If the location key holder does not turn up on the night the same rule applies, but in this case the location registered with the BPE who is hosting the event in there building or location will be liable for all costing for the entire event, there must be a 24 hour notice give to any company or the person responsible for the booking of the event