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A History of Ghosts Episodes

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    10. Did You Hear That?

    Kirsty Logan explores the modern quest to capture a ghost in a machine.

  2. 9. 20th-Century Poltergeist

    Kirsty Logan explores how the poltergeist changed in the 20th century.

  3. 8. The Spiritualists

    Kirsty Logan examines Spiritualism via the life of celebrated medium Florence Cook.

  4. 7. The Tell-Tale Ghost

    Kirsty Logan tells the story of the only known case in which a ghost convicted a murderer.

  5. 6. The Whitewashed Ghost

    Kirsty Logan discovers how the history of slavery is whitewashed in ghost stories.

  6. 5. La Llorona

    Kirsty Logan explores the tale of an iconic ghost in Latin American culture - La Llorona.

  7. 4. The Impossible Ghost

    Kirsty Logan discovers how ghost lore survives, even when we are told they are impossible.

  8. 3. The Pregnant Ghost

    Kirsty Logan discovers how, and why, a ghost woman would give birth to a living child.

  9. 2. So Shall You Be

    Kirsty Logan tells us the tale of the medieval revenant, a ghost made of flesh and bone.

  10. 1. Ancient Ghosts

    Kirsty Logan explores the evolution of ghost lore.