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. 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.
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Helen Renée Wuorio
Paranormal Rescue co-founder Helen Renée Wuorio was born in Minnesota, in the midwestern USA, but spent most of her teenage years living in Alaska, where her father worked in an incredibly dangerous 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 called 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. Throughout her life, she often had 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 the amazing ability on countless occasions to see, feel, think, and even do exactly the same things at the same time, even though they live 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 (FHT) Federation of Holistic Therapists.
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Kelly Curtis
Kelly Curtis is an American parapsychological researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University with a passion for paranormal investigation.
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, is also an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church. His passion for ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists began at age 11 after a personal experience in a medieval-era school in Cumbria.
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.
He teaches Wilderness Survival Training and collaborates with Search & Rescue professionals, applying his detail-oriented skills to both fields.
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.
Marilyn Robinson
Minnesota-based Marilyn Robinson is a widely acclaimed expert photo analyst.
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.
Marilyn’s life-long interest in the paranormal began at an early age after several brushes with perplexing and sometimes frightening phenomena.
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 teams.
Bond
2015 to 2024
It is with great sadness we report that Bond lost his battle with cancer in January 2024. However, we also 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 didn't take long for us to realise that he was no ordinary dog. Bond possessed a unique set of skills that set him apart as a paranormal investigator. His exceptional abilities soon caught the attention of the UK national press, earning him the title 'The Ghosthunting Greyhound' and then appearing on the flagship primetime show, ITV's This Morning.
There was no doubt that Bond possessed extraordinary abilities as an investigator with 5 times better night vision, a complex olfactory system that is between 10,000 and 100,000 times more acute than humans, and the inability to generate irrational fears of the unknown/paranormal.
As you will see under the 'books' tab, Helen Renée has created a special set of Rider-Waite-style Tarot Cards with beautifully drawn whimsical images of Bond and his canine companions undertaking the 'fools' journey.
Interestingly, since Bond passed on almost every occasion when Helen has been using Bond's special Ghosthound Tarot Card Deck, the readings have been uncannily precise.
While working on Paranormal Rescue cases and our private investigations, various team members have heard and felt Bond's presence on more than one occasion.
In loving memory of Bond, 2015 to 2024.
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"Step aside The X-Files, because The Truth is 'SNOUT' There!"
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Photo credit: NB Press Ltd.
Recruiting New Team Members to Paranormal Rescue.com
Paranormal Rescue team members are primarily recruited from the private research group Prime Paranormal.com. This ensures familiarity and reliability, especially under pressure. The team often faces highly stressful and sometimes dangerous situations in remote, desolate, and unforgiving locations. In these extreme circumstances, all team members are expected to remain calm and adhere to scientific investigation methodologies, regardless of what they encounter.
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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. Additionally, we have an increasing number of national and international affiliate teams, such as T.I.P.S, or The International Paranormal Society and W.I.S.P.R. - The Welsh Independent Society for Paranormal Research. This system means that Paranormal Rescue.com can effectively work worldwide, if necessary, without always having to deploy the entire core team.