Origins of the Ghost
Episode 1, Jan 01, 08:45 PM
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What is a ghost? How long have we believed in them? For the re-debut of Spiritus, paranormal investigator and anthropology student Ivy Boyd offers insight into the earliest beginnings of our belief in the other.
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Music: "Beethoven Moonlight Sonata" by Gregor Quendel from Pixabay
Resources and Recommendations
Articles:
- JoAnn Scurlock, “Mortal and Immortal Souls, Ghosts and the (Restless) Dead in Ancient Mesopotamia”, Religion Compass, 2016
- Joshua J. Mark, “Ghosts in the Middle Ages”, World History Encyclopedia, 2019
- Rob Dunn, “What Are You So Scared of? Saber-Toothed Cats, Snakes, and Carnivorous Kangaroos - The evolutionary legacy of having been prey”, Slate, 2012
Books:
- Ann Braude, "Radical Spirits", second ed., Indiana University Press, 2001
- Dr. Irving Finkel, “The First Ghosts”, Hodder, 2021
Videos and Lectures:
- Dr. Irving Finkel, “The First Ghost Stories”, Archaeology Now (YouTube), 2020
- Dr. Justin Sledge, “The Evolution of Ghosts”, Esoterica (YouTube), 2025
- Dr. Eleanor Janega, “Did People In The Medieval World Believe in Ghosts?, History Hit (YouTube), 2024
Project Gutenberg - Pliny the Younger Letters to Licinius Sura (LXXXIII) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2811/2811-h/2811-h.htm#link2H_4_0083
This podcast is researched, hosted, edited, and produced by Ivy Boyd.