Richard Felix
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Richard Felix is a paranormal investigator and historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

 from Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...

. He is most noted for his appearances on Living TV's Most Haunted
Most Haunted
Most Haunted is a British paranormal documentary reality television series. The series was first shown on 25 May 2002 and ended on 21 July 2010. It was broadcast on Living and presented by Yvette Fielding. The programme was based on investigating purported paranormal activity...

series.

Briography

Felix was born in 1949 in Derby. He was a child of record dealers and left school at the age of 15. At 19 he was diagnosed with terminal cancer but overcame the disease.

Felix is a Captain in the Territorial Army
Territorial Army
The Territorial Army is the part time volunteer force of the British Army. With around 35,500 members, the TA forms about a quarter of the overall manpower strength of the British Army. TA members regularly volunteer to serve overseas on operations, either with TA units, or as individuals...

, the President of Derby Chamber of Trade, the chairman of the Derby Tourism Association and President of the Edward Stuart Society. He has stated that his life's goal is to definitely discover what ghosts are.

Work

Since 1981 Felix has been delivering ghost tours around Derby every Halloween. He has also been campaigning during this time to set up an exhibition centre in Queen Street, Derby, at the old clockworks. Felix is quoted as saying that there is "barely a corner [of Derby] which shouldn't have a blue plaque in it." He hopes to use the now abandoned warehouse as an exhibition of Derby's past, both paranormal and otherwise.

In 2011 Felix toured the country with Chris Conway
Chris Conway
Chris Conway is a Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland.He plays for the Arles-Kilcruise club. He formerly played at centre forward for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946, before departing the...

in the Psychic & Science show.

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