Armed with more than a few chilling "ghost stories" to hand, we explore the claims of the paranormal from both personal experience and rational thinking. We convey the value of scepticism, criticism and critical thinking and talk a little about how ghosts suddenly became scary as they drifted out of religious and natural contexts and into the modern horror genres of fiction. We also touch on genies or djinn, pseudoscientific theories and the similarity between religious belief and the belief in spooky ghosts…   

- An article by Connor: https://twobeersuntilphronesis.weebly.com/are-sceptics-close-minded.html   

- The TED talk mentioned: https://youtu.be/n8yhaFd_GpM   

 - A good video on Jinn (there are other good videos on spirits in folklore here too): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvdedlbyrQM

- Some thoughts on the paranormal: https://twobeersuntilphronesis.weebly.com/thoughts-on-spooky-ghosts.html

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Edited by Connor.   
Audio & music mastering / production by Nye James.  
Jingles recorded by Nye (guitars) & Connor (harmonica, mandolin)