The Paranormal Rescue Core Team
Brian Sterling-Vete
Paranormal Rescue founder Brian Sterling-Vete, PhD, is a British author, Guinness World Record Holder, martial arts instructor, and Reiki Master. He is a former broadcaster with a no-nonsense, blunt, yet entertaining approach, spending over a decade with BBC TV news and current affairs.
With a lifelong interest in the paranormal, he was accidentally involved in a UFO incident, also witnessed by serval police officers on the scene. Exploring the mysterious and unknown became a passion that eventually became a best-selling book, Paranormal Investigation: The Black Book of Scientific Ghost Hunting and How to Investigate Paranormal Phenomena and the new Quantum Paranormal - Quantum Physics Explaining Paranormal Phenomena. While living in a 110-room mansion built in 1495 to film a major TV documentary, Brian and the crew found themselves in the midst of baffling and dramatic nightly paranormal activity. This fascinating story became the book The Haunting of Lilford Hall. His background in exercise science means he researches logically and maintains a sceptical yet open-minded approach. On-screen, he is respectfully sarcastic with a humorous slant, bringing an interesting twist to the genre. Brian conceived and initiated Project Half-Life, which could have a seismic effect on all paranormal investigations.
Helen Renée Wuorio
Paranormal Rescue co-founder Helen Renée Wuorio was born in Minnesota, in the midwestern United States, but spent most of her teenage years living in Alaska, where her father worked in an incredibly hazardous job as an Ice Road Trucker.
After marrying her British husband, they soon authored a fun-filled and light-hearted book to help transatlantic couples, titled "Being American Married to a Brit."
Helen has had a lifelong interest in the paranormal. She grew up in an Alaskan house with anomalous phenomena being a daily occurrence. Throughout her life, she often experienced uncannily accurate "visions" that typically came true.
She developed her Tarot and Rune skills, psychic visions, and Universal Energy senses as a Reiki Master to assist during paranormal investigations and to help clients of Paranormal Rescue through both hands-on and remote clearings.
Interestingly, Helen and her identical twin sister have demonstrated an amazing ability on numerous occasions to see, feel, think, and even do precisely the same things simultaneously, despite living thousands of miles apart.
Helen is also a key member of the potentially groundbreaking Project Half-Life, which could have seismic effects on all aspects of paranormal investigation globally.
Helen is a member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT).​
Kelly Curtis
Kelly Curtis is an American parapsychological researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University with a passion for paranormal investigation.
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Her interest in hauntings started as a young girl, seeking out ghosts in the small US town where she lived and spending extensive time at the library and in cemeteries in an attempt to link which individuals were lingering around in spirit form.
While living in Texas Kelly was part of a paranormal team, investigating many famous locations and private residences. However, in addition, she also has numerous solo investigations under her belt.
Kelly’s background in mental health brings a support system to those experiencing hauntings and other paranormal phenomena.
Paul Flanagan
Paul Flanagan has enjoyed a long and varied career working as an international security consultant and TV & Film Special FX Supervisor. He has been keenly interested in all things paranormal from an early age fuelled by inexplicable experiences with anomalous phenomena. Paul also possesses certain psychic gifts that enable him to envision things clearly before they happen, and at times he has been disturbingly accurate.
Paul approaches the subject of paranormal investigation from a grounded and logical science-based perspective, which helped tremendously as part of the investigative team at Lilford Hall where they performed dozens of investigations each week. Also, his background as TV & Film Special FX Supervisor enables him to more easily detect hoaxes
Greg Hardman
Greg Hardman, an Electrical Engineer who served 18 years in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals, and is now an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church.
His passion for researching ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists began at age 11 after a personal experience in a medieval-era school in Cumbria.
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Now living in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, Greg investigates paranormal reports across the UK and abroad with rational, science-based methods.
His training includes thermography, forensic psychology, counselling skills, psychological first aid, and media relations in search and rescue.
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He teaches Wilderness Survival Training and collaborates with Search & Rescue professionals, applying his detail-oriented skills to both fields.
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In 2016, Greg founded W.I.S.P.R (Welsh Independent Society for Paranormal Research) in Wales, leading a team that explores ghosts, cryptids, and UFOs, with active social media pages on these topics.
Fiona Hardman
Fiona Hardman is a senior level-3 teaching assistant specialising in special educational needs. She is trained in child safeguarding, data protection, special de-escalation techniques, positive behaviour management strategies, accounting and the distribution of child medications, first aid, and autism awareness.
Fiona has a lifelong fascination with all aspects of paranormal research. She is a member of the SPR (the Society for Psychical Research) and has received extensive formal training. As a veteran of numerous investigations throughout the UK over the last 17 years, in 2016, Fiona and her husband, Greg, founded their private investigation group in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, called W.I.S.P.R. (Welsh Independent Society for Paranormal Research). Fiona’s extensive formal training and extraordinary attention to detail make her ideally suited for her role in location investigation, observations, and post-investigation audio playback analysis. These roles and skills perfectly complement working closely with Marilyn Robinson.
Marilyn Robinson
Minnesota-based Marilyn Robinson is a widely acclaimed expert photo analyst.
Marilyn’s life-long interest in the paranormal began at an early age after several brushes with perplexing and sometimes frightening phenomena.
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Her keen eyes and intense attention to detail earned her the well-deserved affectionate title of “Marilyn the Magnifier” because time and again, she has discovered important details others have missed.
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Marylyn works closely with Fiona Hardman, the team's investigation, location research, and assessment lead, data wrangler, and audio recording analyst.
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During her career as a paranormal investigator, she has explored many historical homes, businesses, hotels, and outdoor locations including the Dead Children’s Playground in the southern state of Alabama.
Marylin’s expertise is invaluable to the Paranormal Rescue team.
Airman 'C'
Coms' Specialist
We have two core team members who are specialists in real-time communication while on case deployment.
One is Greg Hardman, a communications technology specialist from the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals.
The other is a US-based Airman 'C' who cannot be named because he is a former US Special Forces member of JSOC, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and a deployment communications specialist.
For those unfamiliar with JSOC, here is an overview. The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is a joint component command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). It is charged with studying special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equipment standardisation, to plan and conduct special operations exercises and training, to develop joint special operations tactics, and to execute special operations missions worldwide.
Bond
2015 to 2024
Bond lost his battle with cancer in January 2024, but we celebrate his memory as his spirit lives on in our hearts.
Our journey with Bond began in 2019 when he chose us as his family. It quickly became clear he was no ordinary dog; Bond was a skilled paranormal investigator. His abilities attracted the UK national press, earning him the title 'The Ghosthunting Greyhound' and an appearance on ITV's This Morning show.
Bond had extraordinary investigative abilities, and no irrational fears of the paranormal.
Under the 'books' tab, Helen Renée created a set of Tarot Cards featuring beautifully drawn images of Bond and his canine companions on the Fool's journey.
Since Bond's passing, Helen's readings with his special Ghosthound Tarot Card Deck have been uncannily precise. Team members have also sensed Bond's presence during Paranormal Rescue cases and investigations.
In loving memory of Bond, 2015 to 2024.
​Photo credit: NB Press Ltd.
​International Affiliates and Recruiting New Team Members
​First and foremost, Paranormal Rescue is a meritocracy because it ensures that the team is always comprised of the best and most capable individuals, regardless of their race, background, gender, or identity.
We are have strategically partnered with certain trusted science-based national and international affiliate teams and relevant outstanding individuals. This system enables us to work effectively internationally without always having to deploy the entire core team from the UK.
Typically, new team members are recruited from our private research group, Prime Paranormal.com, or others with whom we have worked closely in real-world scenarios. This ensures familiarity and reliability, especially under pressure, which can be important when facing stressful and even dangerous situations, sometimes in remote, desolate, and unforgiving locations. In such extreme circumstances, all team members are expected to remain calm and adhere to scientific investigation methodologies, regardless of what is encountered.
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Exceptions to this recruitment process are made only for individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary abilities, hold relevant scientific qualifications, or are recognised as leading experts in their field. Our network of specialists is expanding, and we continuously seek new connections with experts worldwide.