Richard Felix

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Richard Felix was born in Stanley, Derbyshire and came to prominence as the historian on LivingTV's successful paranormal programme Most Haunted where from series two to his final episodes of Series 8 he has performed the role of folklorist and historian.

A successful record dealer, he served in the Territorial Army before he became involved in promoting Derbyshire's tourism and heritage industries in the early 1990's, which led to his opening of Derby Heritage Centre in 1992 and later Derby Gaol, a reputedly haunted building in Friar Gate, Derby, England. He met ANTIX productions when they investigated Derby Gaol in series one of Most Haunted, and was invited to join the team. In september 2006 Richard Felix was dropped by LIVINGtv as historian on the show.

He is best known locally for his famous Derby Ghost Walks and overnight public ghosthunts at Derby Gaol, and as well as Most Haunted has produced a series of DVD's called the Ghost Tour of Great Britain which outline the folklore and hauntings of British counties, a DVD on investigation techniques (with CJ Romer and Ed Woods) called A Guide to Ghosthunting.

His books include 'Ghosts of Derby' (with Wayne Alexander) and a series accompanying the Ghost Tour DVD; including Ghosts of Derbyshire (2005)

Richard got the nickname Richard 'wikipedia' Felix, after there was speculation that he obtained all of his information for Most Haunted by simply browsing wikipedia and churning out the work of others. If you look really closely at the start of each episode, his computer clearly has wikipedia up on the screen.

He is also nicknamed 'the felix of the flame' but for reasons unknown.

He is married with two children and still lives in Derbyshire.