Chasing Ghosts
My special guest is author Marc Hartzman, here to dive into our endless obsession with the paranormal. His book, Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural, takes readers on a journey through haunted history, legendary spirits, and America’s supernatural culture.
From historic hauntings to ghost-obsessed pop culture, Hartzman uncovers why ghosts have fascinated us for centuries—whether we believe in them or not. Every town has its legends, but in this conversation, we explore the larger cultural forces that have kept the paranormal at the center of American life.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- The Fox sisters and the rise of American spiritualism
- How figures like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became obsessed with ghosts
- Famous haunted sites like Eastern State Penitentiary and the LaLaurie House
- Legendary spirits including the Bell Witch of Tennessee and the Greenbrier Ghost of West Virginia
- The work of famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren
Deeply researched and engaging, Marc’s work shows how ghosts, haunted sites, and supernatural legends have become woven into the very fabric of our history and culture. Whether you’re a believer, skeptic, or somewhere in between, this episode will fascinate you.
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And this is kind of hard to explain to you briefly, but basically it was this large cylinder that had a capacity inside it. And it was in a concrete room that was about nine feet high, six feet wide, seven feet long.
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So everything that would like prevent any kind of vibrations from affecting any data.
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And they had controlled the temperature, the atmospheric pressure, anything to like guard against any kind of natural interference that might come through. So it was all hermetically sealed.
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And then they had what they call a manometer, which would, it would use a drop of alcohol instead of mercury. And the slightest movement would indicate the displacement and measure the volume of a man's spirit.
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