Ghosthropology

In this episode, Matt has the opportunity to speak with Dr. Irving Finkel, curator in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum, and author of The First Ghosts. Dr. Finkel was kind enoug...

25 Juli 20221h 10min

In a very special supplemental episode, The Ghosthropologist takes us along as he hikes into the Monterey hills in search of Episode 16's Dark Watchers. Full sources and show notes at kmmamedia.com/p...

15 Juni 202217min

The USS Hornet is one of several Naval vessels permanently moored and used as a museum. Like most of these vessels, the Hornet has a reputation for being haunted. In this episode, Matt has an opportun...

23 Maj 20221h 5min

Throughout the British Isles, people claim to see the specters of Roman soldiers, but there may be more to these stories than initially meets the eye. In this episode, Matt constrains himself to sight...

9 Maj 202230min

The story of the Winchester Mystery House is well known and often retold - the frightened widow who continued to build on to her already massive and sprawling home out of a fear that if she stopped, e...

25 Apr 202240min

Matt interviews Dr. Alena Pirok, author of The Spirit of Colonial Williamsburg about the very special relationship Virginians have with their ghosts and how these stories and first-person interpretati...

11 Apr 20221h 11min

The story of the Lalaurie mansion in New Orleans is part true atrocity tale and part urban legend, so naturally, it ended up as a ghost story. In this episode, Matt discusses how these legends form, h...

28 Mars 202229min

The Island of Poveglia, in the Venice Lagoon, is said to be haunted by plague victims, Roman soldiers, and possibly an evil mad scientist. Regardless of whether or not the stories are true, that they ...

14 Mars 202222min