Episode 143: Inside Information (ad-free)

Some of the oldest and most popular parts of folklore are the ghost stories. Whether told around a campfire, or red about in the safety a well-lit room, they are always fun, and often chilling. But there’s so much more to ghosts than wispy visions and rattling chains.

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Further Reading

1. “An Ancient Roman Ghost Story (Ca. 61-115 AD),” Ancient History Blog, ancientstandard.com/2007/10/31/an-ancient-roman-ghost-story-ca-61-115-ad.
2. Anon, An Accurate Account of the Trial of William Corder, for the Murder of Maria Marten, of Polstead, Suffolk ... to which are added, and explanatory preface, and fifty-three of the letters, Sent by various Ladies, in answer to Corder's Matrimonial Advertisement (London: George Foster, 1828).
3. “Ancient Ghosts,” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, date unknown, www.ancient.eu/collection/15/ancient-ghosts.
4. Stephanie Almazan, “Murder in the Red Barn: The Killing of Maria Marten,” The Lineup, 28 Mar. 2016, the-line-up.com/the-red-barn-murder-1827.
5. Todd Butler, “The Haunting of Isabell Binnington: Ghosts of Murder, Texts, and Law in Restoration England,” Journal of British Studies, vol. 50, no. 2, 2011, pp. 248–276.
6. Kathleen Chaplin, "The Death Knock," New England Review, vol. 34, no. 1, 2013.
7. "Folk Belief and Traditions of the Supernatural," Edited by Tommy Kuusela & Giuseppe Maiello (Beewolf Press 2016).
8. Alan H. Gardiner, Late-Egyptian Stories (Fondation égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1932).
9. “Hon. Nicola Sophia Gorges, Lady Beresford.” geni_family_tree, 13 Dec. 2019, www.geni.com/people/Hon-Nicola-Gorges-Lady-Beresford/6000000010874866135.
10. Homer, et al. The Odyssey (Seven Treasures Publications, 2010).
11. Homer, et al. Iliad (Harvard University Press, 2001).
12. Herbert F. Hore, “Lord Tyrone's Ghost,” Ulster Journal of Archaeology, vol. 7, 1859, pp. 149–165. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20563496.
13. Ben Lauer, “Shakespeare's Top 5 Spookiest Ghosts,” Shakespeare & Beyond, 1 Nov 2019, shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2019/10/25/top-5-spookiest-ghosts.
14. Emily Mark, “Ghosts in Ancient China,” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 12 Feb 2020, www.ancient.eu/article/892/ghosts-in-ancient-china.
15. Joshua J. Mark, “A Ghost Story of Ancient Egypt,” Ancient History Encyclopedia, 10 Feb 2020, www.ancient.eu/article/964/a-ghost-story-of-ancient-egypt.
16. Joshua J. Mark, “Ghosts in the Ancient World.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, 10 Feb. 2020, www.ancient.eu/ghost.
17. “Ghosts in Shakespeare,” The British Library, The British Library, 9 Nov 2015, www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/ghosts-in-shakespeare.
18. Jacqueline Simpson, “Repentant Soul or Walking Corpse? Debatable Apparitions in Medieval England,” Folklore, vol. 114, no. 3, 2003, pp. 389–402. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30035125.
19. William Kelly Simpson (ed.), The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetry, translations by R.O. Faulkner, Edward F. Wente, Jr., and William Kelly Simpson (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972).
20. “Halloween Irish Ghost Story - Predictions from the Dead,” IrishCentral.com, IrishCentral, 14 Oct. 2019, www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/halloween-irish-ghost-story-predictions-dead.
21. Vaughan, Trefor Doloughan. “Fact and Fiction in a Legend.” Folklore, vol. 119, no. 2, 2008, pp. 218–232.
22. Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson, Strange: True Stories of the Mysterious and Bizarre (Skyhorse Publishing, 2014).