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 230 - The Strange Disappearance of Agatha Christie

Ep 230 - The Strange Disappearance of Agatha Christie

In December 1926, famed mystery writer Agatha Christie vanished. Nearly a century later, we're revisiting the mystery with the help of one of her most famous fictional detectives: Miss Marple. Christi...

11 Sep 35min

Ep 229 - Body Snatchers: Digging up the Famous Dead

Ep 229 - Body Snatchers: Digging up the Famous Dead

Some of history's most famous people had remarkably eventful afterlives. Charlie Chaplin's corpse was stolen from his grave and held for ransom. Thomas Paine was dug up and carried across the Atlantic...

14 Aug 33min

Ep 228 - Haunted Parks of North America - Part Two

Ep 228 - Haunted Parks of North America - Part Two

In the conclusion to our haunted road trip across North America, we travel north to the infamous Valley of the Headless Men, listen for an invisible gathering deep in the Great Smoky Mountains, cross ...

17 Juli 32min

Ep 227 - Haunted Parks of North America - Part One

Ep 227 - Haunted Parks of North America - Part One

Summer is the season for open roads, quiet trails, dark lakes, and nights under the stars. But we never enter the wilderness empty-handed. We bring our oldest fears with us. In Part 1 of our two-part ...

10 Juli 27min

Ep 226 - Through the Mirror: The Real Murder Behind Candyman

Ep 226 - Through the Mirror: The Real Murder Behind Candyman

In 1987, Ruthie Mae McCoy called 911 from her apartment with a terrifying story: someone was trying to break in through her bathroom mirror. To the dispatcher, it sounded impossible. Maybe even delusi...

19 Juni 32min

Ep 225 - What's Under the Denver Airport???

Ep 225 - What's Under the Denver Airport???

Was Denver International Airport built for the end of the world? Since opening in 1995, the airport has become the centre of endless conspiracy theories. Secret tunnels. Apocalyptic artwork. Undergrou...

29 Maj 28min

Ep 224 - The Magician Whose Body Was Found Twice

Ep 224 - The Magician Whose Body Was Found Twice

Before Houdini became the name history remembered, another illusionist drew enormous crowds and commanded extraordinary fees. He called himself the Great Lafayette, and his performances were part magi...

8 Maj 37min

Ep 223 - What is a Ghost? The Case for a New Paranormal

Ep 223 - What is a Ghost? The Case for a New Paranormal

What if a ghost is not only something we encounter in the dark, but something we may, in some mysterious way, participate in? In this special episode of Haunted Talks, Jim presents a manifesto for rei...

24 Apr 23min

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