Join The Brooklyn Paranormal Society For An “Investigation” Of Prospect Park On October 6

Have you ever spotted or wanted to spot a ghost in Prospect Park? Then join the recently founded Brooklyn Paranormal Society (BPS) to see for yourself if anything otherworldly is going on in our neighborhood park.

Just in time for pre-Halloween festivities, the group, founded on September 1 by a group of friends in Park Slope and Bay Ridge, will be embarking on an “investigation” of Prospect Park next Tuesday, October 6 from 7-10pm, after a few drinks at Johnny Mack’s (1114 Eighth Avenue).

Update: The meeting place has been switched from Johnny Macks to 12th Street Bar & Grill (1123 8th Avenue at 12th Street)

However, a disclaimer from the organizers: BPS’ members are primarily “inexperienced investigators” who share a common goal of “finding ghosts while inebriated.”

“With the recent glamorization of ghost hunting by the media, many paranormal investigation groups have formed, simply for the thrill of the hunt,” they explain in their “About Us” description on their website and MeetUp page. “We are one of these groups, except we like to drink too.”

Explained co-founding member Anthony Long, “the core group has very little paranormal experience, however, we do own many gadgets and we have members who are well-experienced paranormal investigators.

“We’re all mostly techie, and have spent the past few weeks watching paranormal TV shows, and reading up on how devices such as EMF detectors are used, and even how to process EVP’s,” he said.

Prospect Park was chosen for its historical purpose. The night will begin with drinks, a talk about the park’s history “and related spooky topics,” and will then move on to the actual trek. Audio-visual and ghost-hunting equipment will be provided, but BPS reminds participants that on-site imbibing will require you to bring your own flask.

Asked what to expect, Long said “a good time, first and foremost. The focus is on having a couple of drinks with good people, and doing something exciting.”

“There’s a ton of haunted history [there] and even a Quaker cemetery inside in the park,” explained Long.

Events will continue as long as weather permits, after which the group hopes to “convince homeowners with ghost problems to let us get drunk and film our investigations in their homes.”

If beer, new friends, and “weird stuff” sound like fun to you, join the MeetUp group and let them know because “you never know what we’ll find.”

You can also read about BPS’ recent event that took place at