A genre with characters who specialize in investigating reports of paranormal activity - in other words Occult Detectives. The paranormal occurences can be a hoax or the real thing. When actual supernatural forces are in play, the characters can either be no physical match for them, or they can fight the supernatural on equal terms, either physically, or technologically. According to Ghostbreakers website the genre is in fact Older Than Feudalism starting with Letter to Sura by Pliny the Younger. Examples of Paranormal Investigation include: