Phantasms of the Living with Simon Thought

Dec 15 2023 20 mins
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This podcast series is a review and discussion of case studies from the seminal, two volume, massive work known as “Phantasms of the Living” published in 1886 by the Society for Psychical Research in England. The Society was made up both skeptics and believers in the paranormal and conducted research into various areas in an attempt to prove whether such phenomenae were real or not.

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Phantasms of the Dead: “More Drama”

Dec 15 2023 19 mins  
This episode is a second dip into Hereward Carrington's book "Phantasms of the Dead". While all of the stories told so far in this podcast have been interesting, or at least the methods of investigation into them have been interesting, the stories in this episode are the scariest to date. Who does not like a good mummy story, anyway?

Phantasms of the Dead: “Haunted Houses”

Dec 02 2023 21 mins  
As I mentioned in the last episode, oh so long ago, the book entitled “Phantasms of the Dead” came into my possession. What we are going to do in this episode is take a break from the "Phantasms of the Living" case studies so we can delve into Hereward Carrington’s "Phantasms of the Dead". This episode discusses two investigations of haunted houses .

Reasonable Dreams

Mar 12 2023 21 mins  
This episode comes from Chapter 8 of Volume 1 which is entitled “Dreams”, meaning cases of paranormal events which appear to a person while sleeping, which are considered a link between impressions received telepathically and those directly observed.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase,

Discount Wraiths

Apr 01 2022 21 mins  
This episode comes from Chapter 18 of Volume 2 which is entitled “Collective Cases”, meaning cases of paranormal events which appear to more than one person at a time.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

The Borderlands

Mar 19 2022 23 mins  
This episode comes from Chapter 9 of Volume 1 which is entitled “Borderland Cases”, meaning cases of hallucinations which occur in the transition between sleeping and waking, often taking place when a person is in bed but not asleep. This is the Borderland. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a p

Hearing and Seeing Things

Mar 05 2022 17 mins  
Episode 1 covers cases number 300 and 302, which deal with the person on the receiving end of a paranormal event experiencing it with more than one of their senses, such as both hearing and seeing something .