Episode 201: Inescapable (ad-free) (Patreon)

You can’t beat an old classic. And in the world of folklore, there are few types of stories more classic that the good old fashioned ghost story. So today, we take a tour through some of the most chilling and thrilling of the bunch.

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Further Reading

1. Adams, Paul. “Was the Cheltenham Poltergeist the Real ‘Woman in Black?’” Spooky Isles, February 9, 2015. https://www.spookyisles.com/cheltenham-poltergeist.
2. Aubrey, John. Miscellanies. London: Whitehall, 1696.
3. Britannica, s. v. “British society by the mid-18th century.” Accessed October 2, 2021.
   https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/British-society-by-the-mid-18th-century.
4. Bruce, H. Addington. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters. New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1908.
5. Edwards, Kathryn, ed. Everyday Magic in Early Modern Europe. New York: Routledge, 2016.
6. Hunt, Robert and George Cruikshank. Popular Romances of the West of England. London: James Camden Hotten, 1865.
7. Lang, Andrew. Cock Lane and Common-Sense. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894.
8. MacKenzie, Andrew. Hauntings and Apparitions. London: Heinemann, 1982.
9. “Our History.” Society for Psychical Research. Accessed October 2, 2021.
   https://www.spr.ac.uk/about/our-history.
10. Thurston, Herbert. “A Poltergeist in a Huguenot Household.” Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review 17, No. 66 (1928): pp. 215-228.
11. Wirts, Kristine. “The Devil does his Mischief: An Interesting Glimpse into the Huguenot World of Demonology during the Scientific Age.” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History 36 (2011): pp. 35-43.