<p>Why are we so spooked – and yet so fascinated – by things that go bump in the night? And can science really prove that ghouls exist? Alice Vernon talks to Jon Bauckham about the evolution of ghost-hunting over the past 200 years, and how tales of pesky poltergeists and ectoplasm-filled séances have turned even some of the hardest sceptics into true believers.</p>
<p><strong>Alice Vernon is the author of <em>Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting and Why We Keep Looking</em> (Bloomsbury, 2025).</strong></p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fghosted%2Falice-vernon%2F9781399418706.">Buy it now from Waterstones</a></strong></li></ul>
