The Society for the Exploration of the Unexplained

Source: Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Investigator’s Handbook

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Headquarters

Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts

Leader / Figurehead

Professor Alistair Finch, Ph.D. (Society Chairman)

Era

Classic 1920s

Purpose & Directives

A prestigious, endowed scholarly fellowship that finances rigorous scientific expeditions into psychical phenomena, anomalous ruins, and paranormal folklore.

Membership & Recruitment

University professors, seasoned explorers, wealthy dilettantes, parapsychologists, and consulting detectives.

Suggested Occupations

Professor, Archaeologist, Explorer, Dilettante, Parapsychologist, Author, Private Investigator, Scientist.

Resources & Benefits

A four-story Georgian townhouse headquarters, extensive research library, expedition equipment lockers, and substantial grant funding.

Background & Lore

Chartered in 1888, the Society has sponsored expeditions to the Andes, Egypt, and rural New England, documenting artifacts that defy standard scientific dogma.

A renowned Boston scholarly society funding empirical investigations into the unexplained.