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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

Ghost Dog triggered Jim Jarmush and re: believing in Ghosts, I deny their existence but love to write with a supernatural angle (the show was nice, too). Either way, someone I know strongly believes in Ghosts and it's very much a cultural thing, we are talking about someone who works as a lawyer! Layers and Ghosts... hmm, there's a story right there. Good correspondence. Keep it up!

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Wil Dalton's avatar

Have you heard of the Greenbriar Ghost? The “only known case in which testimony from ghost helped convict a murderer”

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

I have! Love those stories. Also, did you know that there are laws about the supernatural? e.g. Sorcery, Law, and State: Governing the Black Arts in Indonesia.

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Wil Dalton's avatar

What!! No!

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

Yep. Also, check Kuntilanak. The “real” ghosts

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Sean Worsley's avatar

I love this, and always wish I had good ghost stories! The closest thing I have is once when I lost an airpod for days, tried everything, and all of a sudden it was on my nightstand one morning.... not the spooky experience I'm looking for

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Nathan Slake's avatar

I also have no ghost stories, though part of my wishes that I did.

Actually, not 100% true -- my father has a seriously creepy ghost story, and he's the most rational-minded person I know.

Anyway, thought I'd pop this here because I loved it so much and can't wait for more: https://www.dannyrobins.com/uncanny

Brilliant BBC podcast by the excellent Danny Robins, investigating ghost stories from across the UK.

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J.E. Petersen's avatar

This week has been my crash course in the paranormal. I've been studying UFOs for my day job, and now ghosts for this project. This stuff is breaking my brain.

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Nathan Slake's avatar

What's the day job?

There's a few UFO stories in Uncanny.

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J.E. Petersen's avatar

Email me.

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