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Beschreibung
A social, historical and scientific exploration into the ways and reasons we chase, stalk and measure supernatural phenomena to find proof of the existence, or non existence, of ghosts.

The history of ghosts is ancient, but the history of active ghost-hunting is relatively recent, and investigations into the paranormal have developed hand-in-spirit-hand with scientific discoveries, from radio waves to smartphone apps. Now, more than ever, we want to find our own ghosts. Is it to help process grief? Become influencers? Or ease our fears of death?

Ghosted follows the journey of paranormal investigations from the Victorian era to the modern day, examining how our fascination with ghost hunting has changed alongside technology and culture. Where we once gathered around tables, observing and recording every movement of the medium, we now take electronic equipment and app-laden phones around haunted locations to catch ghosts digitally. Where theatres and concert halls held sold-out performances by conjurers recreating the tricks of fraudulent mediums, we now delight in picking apart and exposing the evidence presented on reality television programmes.

In this book, Alice Vernon embarks on a journey to encounter a ghost, travelling to some of the UK's most haunted locations and encouraging readers to interrogate their own scepticism and belief. Ghosted examines what we are looking for, why we are looking for it, and why have we never given up the ghost.
A social, historical and scientific exploration into the ways and reasons we chase, stalk and measure supernatural phenomena to find proof of the existence, or non existence, of ghosts.

The history of ghosts is ancient, but the history of active ghost-hunting is relatively recent, and investigations into the paranormal have developed hand-in-spirit-hand with scientific discoveries, from radio waves to smartphone apps. Now, more than ever, we want to find our own ghosts. Is it to help process grief? Become influencers? Or ease our fears of death?

Ghosted follows the journey of paranormal investigations from the Victorian era to the modern day, examining how our fascination with ghost hunting has changed alongside technology and culture. Where we once gathered around tables, observing and recording every movement of the medium, we now take electronic equipment and app-laden phones around haunted locations to catch ghosts digitally. Where theatres and concert halls held sold-out performances by conjurers recreating the tricks of fraudulent mediums, we now delight in picking apart and exposing the evidence presented on reality television programmes.

In this book, Alice Vernon embarks on a journey to encounter a ghost, travelling to some of the UK's most haunted locations and encouraging readers to interrogate their own scepticism and belief. Ghosted examines what we are looking for, why we are looking for it, and why have we never given up the ghost.
Über den Autor
Alice Vernon is Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University, where her research focuses on parapsychology, sleep disorders, and the horror genre. Alice's debut book, Night Terrors (2022) explored troubled sleep in literature and culture, and was BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: Enter the Séance Room
2: Spirit Committees
3: Haunted Houses
4: The Ghost in the Stereoscope
5: Summerland
6: The Ghosts of War
7: The Ghost Laboratory
8: The Poltergeist Next door
9: Haunted Objects, Haunted People
10: Who you Gonna Call
Conclusion

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781399418706
ISBN-10: 139941870X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Vernon, Alice
Hersteller: Bloomsbury UK
Bloomsbury Sigma
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 219 x 141 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Alice Vernon
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.09.2025
Gewicht: 0,408 kg
Artikel-ID: 133912157

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