This podcast series is a review and discussion of case studies from the seminal, two volume, massive work known as “Phantasms of the Living” published in 1886 by the Society for Psychical Research in England. The Society was made up both skeptics and believers in the paranormal and conducted research into various areas in an attempt to prove whether such phenomenae were real or not.
Send us a text At last, Season 1 comes to a close with "Cases Received Too Late for Insertion in Their Proper Places”, which covers, as the title suggests, late entries which did not get codified before the Phantasms of the Living book was published. Commercial-free and full of some interesting telepathy cases, including telepathy of taste.
13 Oct 2025
Visual Cases
Send us a text This episode covers people who actually see an apparition. These are just seven straight-up ghost stories. Back again and commercial-free.
18 Oct 2024
Frightening Apparitions
Send us a textSeven, commercial-free case studies of people who saw apparitions. Were they experiencing hallucinations, or were they being visited by ghosts?
4 Oct 2024
Mental Pictures
Send us a textThis episode tells five stories of telephathy of various types, from the banal to the horrific. Now, commercial-free.
16 Dec 2023
Phantasms of the Dead: “More Drama”
Send us a textThis episode is a second dip into Hereward Carrington's book "Phantasms of the Dead". While all of the stories told so far in this podcast have been interesting, or at least the methods of investigation into them have been interesting, the stories in this episode are the scariest to date. Who does not like a good mummy story, anyway?
3 Dec 2023
Phantasms of the Dead: “Haunted Houses”
Send us a textAs I mentioned in the last episode, oh so long ago, the book entitled “Phantasms of the Dead” came into my possession. What we are going to do in this episode is take a break from the "Phantasms of the Living" case studies so we can delve into Hereward Carrington’s "Phantasms of the Dead". This episode discusses two investigations of haunted houses .
12 Mar 2023
Reasonable Dreams
Send us a textThis episode comes from Chapter 8 of Volume 1 which is entitled “Dreams”, meaning cases of paranormal events which appear to a person while sleeping, which are considered a link between impressions received telepathically and those directly observed.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
2 Apr 2022
Discount Wraiths
Send us a textThis episode comes from Chapter 18 of Volume 2 which is entitled “Collective Cases”, meaning cases of paranormal events which appear to more than one person at a time.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
19 Mar 2022
The Borderlands
Send us a textThis episode comes from Chapter 9 of Volume 1 which is entitled “Borderland Cases”, meaning cases of hallucinations which occur in the transition between sleeping and waking, often taking place when a person is in bed but not asleep. This is the Borderland. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
5 Mar 2022
Hearing and Seeing Things
Send us a textEpisode 1 covers cases number 300 and 302, which deal with the person on the receiving end of a paranormal event experiencing it with more than one of their senses, such as both hearing and seeing something .
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