Given the state of the world, it\u2019s no surprise so many of us are turning to spooky stories as a form of escape<\/p>\n
Everybody seems to be talking about ghosts right now. I turn up to dinners with friends, we\u2019re talking about ghosts. I sit in the office, the conversation is dominated by ghosts again. I\u2019m scrolling through Facebook groups and reading ghost stories that I then try to tell my boyfriend about (he ignores me). It feels as if ghosts are suddenly having a moment, a strange little resurgence into the mainstream. I think ghosts may be in vogue.<\/p>\n
As for how and why ghosts have started to creep into polite conversation, there is a clear culprit. A few months ago the Amazon-owned podcast network Wondery published Ghost Story, a seven-part series hosted by the journalist Tristan Redman. Ghost Story focuses on a murder that occurred two generations ago in Redman\u2019s wife\u2019s family and, by absolute coincidence, took place in the house next door to where Redman grew up.<\/p>\n
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