Ep 124 - The First Ghosts - Part 1
Haunted Talks13 Touko 2022

Ep 124 - The First Ghosts - Part 1

What is the oldest recorded mention of a ghost? Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum, joins us to talk about his recent book The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies. He shares how living with ghosts and other restless spirits has been part of the human experience from the earliest moments of recorded history. Not only is he a leading expert in ancient writing, but also a wonderful and playful storyteller and we are extremely lucky to have him for a special two-part interview. Part two will be released next Friday.

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Ep 221 - The Juniper Tree: The Darkest Fairy Tale You've Never Heard

Ep 221 - The Juniper Tree: The Darkest Fairy Tale You've Never Heard

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Ep 220 – Once Upon a Nightmare: The Horror of Fairy Tales

Ep 220 – Once Upon a Nightmare: The Horror of Fairy Tales

You know these stories. A lost girl in the woods. A puppet who lies. A chicken convinced the sky is falling. You've known them since childhood. What you don't know is what those stories were before so...

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Ep 219 - Mystery of the Devil's Footprints 👣

Ep 219 - Mystery of the Devil's Footprints 👣

On the morning of February 9th, 1855, the residents of Devon woke to a nightmare pressed into the snow. A single-file line of cloven hoof-prints, stretching over miles of frozen English countryside. A...

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Ep 218 - Why Ghost Stories Matter

Ep 218 - Why Ghost Stories Matter

Jim steps out from behind the microphone to share a talk he gave at the Modern Language Association conference in Toronto, where he was invited to speak on a panel about Gothic scholarship, podcasting...

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Ep 217 - Eerie Whispers: Brian Baker on Canada's Reluctant Ghost Culture

Ep 217 - Eerie Whispers: Brian Baker on Canada's Reluctant Ghost Culture

Journalist and researcher Brian Baker, founder of The Superstitious Times, joins Haunted Talks to discuss his new book, Eerie Whispers: Exploring Canada's Reluctant Relationship with Its Ghostly Lore....

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Ep 216 - Lizzie Borden: Inside the Murder House 🪓

Ep 216 - Lizzie Borden: Inside the Murder House 🪓

She was the quiet churchgoer. The dutiful daughter. The last person anyone expected to wield a hatchet. But on an August morning in 1892, the Borden home in Fall River, Massachusetts, became the scene...

28 Marras 202542min

Ep 215 - Why We Love Halloween 🖤🎃

Ep 215 - Why We Love Halloween 🖤🎃

Happy Halloween to all the ghosts and ghoulies! 🖤🎃👻 Jim's love letter to Halloween. Walk with us through fog-lit childhood streets, pause beside ancient fires for the dead, and feel again the quiet...

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Ep 214 - Ghosts on a Plane: The Haunting of Flight 401

Ep 214 - Ghosts on a Plane: The Haunting of Flight 401

December 29, 1972. A routine flight becomes an unspeakable tragedy when Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashes into the Florida Everglades. Ninety-six souls perish in the dark swampland, their final mome...

24 Loka 202539min

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