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, and public humanities.

It's a conversation about what we're really doing when we tell ghost stories. Not just entertaining, but shaping how people think about the past, life, death, and what may lie between. It's about butterflies that remember past lives, Titanic folklore that won't die, and why a zombie apocalypse in a Cold War bunker became one of our most beloved projects.

Thanks to Joshua Tuttle from Concordia University in Chicago for the invite!

Also: Valentine's Weekend is upon us. Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day, back-to-back. The most superstitious night of the year, followed by the most romantic. Ghost tours in Kingston, Ottawa, and Toronto. Paranormal investigations in Ottawa and Toronto.

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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

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Ep 219 - Mystery of the Devil's Footprints 👣

Ep 219 - Mystery of the Devil's Footprints 👣

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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

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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...

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Ep 215 - Why We Love Halloween 🖤🎃

Ep 215 - Why We Love Halloween 🖤🎃

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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...

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