If You Have Ghosts (A Collection of 3 Ghost Stories from 3 Different Countries)

10/12/22 • 50 min

From ancient Babylon to China, Native America to Shinto Japan, Shakespeare to The Shining, ghost stories have been passed down from century to century, through oral traditions or the written word. It doesn't matter if it's a vindictive king, a weeping woman, or an apartment building. These stories have influenced our contemporary imagination. The belief is so widespread that it is considered a cultural universal.
Following ghosts through time and space, from dusty spirits to ghosts in machines, reveals that ghosts have a unique ability to reflect the worries of their historical moment. Paying attention to what frightens them can teach us about ourselves.
Today we will look at how ghosts have persisted and evolved over time by looking at 3 different ghost stories from 3 different parts of the world and how they differed over time. Welcome to a Conversation Before the world ends and we will be looking at the History of Ghosts:Music:
" HORROR THEME " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Music link : https://youtu.be/LwjzmdiRFpc
"Yurei" composed and produced by Kraosando
Extra Reading:
A Japanese Ghost Story : Yotsuya Kaidan
https://www.peak-experience-japan.com/blog/652
Simpson, William K. (1972). Simpson, William Kelly (ed.). The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetry. translations by R.O.
Charles Edwin Price (January 1994). The Infamous Bell Witch of Tennessee. Johnson City, Tennessee: The Overmountain Press. pp. 38–40. ISBN 978-1-57072-008-6.

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10/12/22 • 50 min

A Conversation Before The World Ends - If You Have Ghosts (A Collection of 3 Ghost Stories from 3 Different Countries)

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If You Have Ghosts, You have Everything (Famous Ghost Stories)

· Cold open

o From the earliest evidence of a belief in an afterlife, from decorated bones to early grave sites, rituals to ancient Egyptian letters to the dead. The details of the afterlife have varied from culture to culture, but the constants remain the same. That the other realm existed and were governed by laws. For as long as humans have been self-aware, stories of dead

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