18. The (After) Life of the Party

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From where do ghosts originate? Tune in to this week's episode where Hannah glances over cross-cultural concepts of the afterlife and how they've contributed to creating "ghosts" throughout time.

Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/09/12/funeral-practices-and-beliefs-about-the-afterlife/

https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/historical-ghost-stories

https://theconversation.com/necromancers-demons-and-friendly-ghosts-humans-have-been-fascinated-with-the-afterlife-since-ancient-mesopotamia-216274#:~:text=Ghosts%20were%20an%20accepted%20part,science%20fiction%20writer%20Philip%20K.

https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/funerary-beliefs-of-the-ancient-egyptians/

https://www.worldhistory.org/ghost/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zh9vgdm/revision/3#:~:text=Many%20Jewish%20people%20also%20believe,the%20living%20and%20the%20dead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khonsuemheb_and_the_Ghost

https://www.unrv.com/articles/roman-underworld-and-afterlife.php

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