Andy Kitt, who had long been interested in the many various paranormal fields, was confronted by the unknown face-to-face with the passing of a member of his family. He wanted to talk about it with people of like mind and similar curiosities, so he founded the Seacoast Paranormal social group. The SPRG is an open-membership organization, still holds monthly dinner gatherings, and - when opportunit
ies present themselves - attend events (in a paranormal vein) together. Now enter Isabeau Esby. Esby, an experienced Medium, had been investigating and clearing hauntings as a part of her work for several years already. Seeking objective validation for her experiences, she approached Kitt indirectly and the two began investigating together ala TAPS' "Ghost Hunters" style, including other members of the social SPRG on their excursions. After a few brief experiments, Kitt and Esby soon built a core team of equipped and trained investigators, and in that first year they had professionally conducted nearly 20 thorough investigations of more than a dozen quality sites. Time moved on. They went past emulating TV ghost hunting and entered a new phase of research and experimentation. The names and faces in the Group often changed, but there eventually coallesced a core team of individuals with similar paradigms, levels of devotion, and commitment. It's at this point the KRI became a completely separate entity. Its team still participates in functions with the SPRG and recruits extra investigative hands from its members from time to time, but the KRI operates independently, stretching the envelopes of knowledge and technique with regard to research into paranormal phenomena.
