The Rest Is HistoryJune 24, 2021

66. Ghosts

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About This Episode

Settle down by the fire and prepare to be haunted. Roger Clarke, author of A Natural History of Ghosts, joins Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to wonder whether ghost stories evolve to reflect the age in which the apparition appears.

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Ghosts, A Natural History, 500 Years of Searching for Proof

Roger Clarke

“The speaker describes Roger Clarke's book as the best book on ghosts they've ever read, noting it covers the history of ghosts and was a great reading experience during Christmas.”

ASIN: 1250076099

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The House That Was Haunted to Death

Roger Clark

“The discussion revolves around classic ghost stories, specifically mentioning Roger Clark's book that includes the story of a haunted house.”

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Turn of the Screw

Henry James

“The story got eventually relayed to Bishop Benson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who then told it to Henry James, who turned it into, in my view, it's the source story for Turn of the Screw.”

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Lost Hearts

M.R. James

“I can't help thinking that elements of his ghost story called Lost Hearts may have sort of some buried elements of Turn of the Screw.”

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