Ep 121 - New Science on Near-Death Experiences
Haunted Talks1 Apr 2022

Ep 121 - New Science on Near-Death Experiences

For the first time ever, scientists have recorded the brain activity of a patient in the moments right before and immediately following death. The results may be the first scientific evidence of the often reported "seeing your life flashing before your eyes" during a near-death experience. We are joined by Dr. Kate Einarson, a behavioural scientist and knowledge translator, to discuss the findings, the answers they provide, and the new questions they raise. Join us for a mind-blowing episode of Haunted Talks!

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Ep 222 - Poveglia: Italy's Island of the Dead

Ep 222 - Poveglia: Italy's Island of the Dead

Off the coast of Venice sits an island no one will approach. Poveglia carries centuries of dark history, and the scale of what happened there is nearly impossible to comprehend. Today, it sits abandon...

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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

Most fairy tale monsters keep their distance. They wait in towers. They haunt the edge of the forest. You can, in theory, avoid them. The one in this story sits at the dinner table. The Juniper Tree i...

20 Mar 36min

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...

6 Mar 40min

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...

20 Feb 27min

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...

6 Feb 16min

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 Nov 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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