At a time when science claims to explain almost everything, ghost stories still refuse to fade. In this episode of Haunted History Chronicles, I’m joined by author and researcher Paul Weatherhead to explore the strange and unsettling cases that gripped Britain in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Drawing on contemporary newspaper reports, we uncover violent apparitions, riotous ghost hunts, poltergeists, hoaxes, and even a royal spectre. Together, we explore what these hauntings reveal — not just about fear of the supernatural, but about the social psychology of belief, panic, and public fascination with ghosts.
Were these spirits something more… or do they tell us more about ourselves than the dead?
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