The week in radio and podcasts: Haunted; The Inspection Chamber; A Culture of Encounter
by Miranda Sawyer from Technology | The Guardian on (#38CTJ)
A podcast has deep thoughts on the paranormal, while the BBC's foray into interactive storytelling does a little too much asking
Haunted | iTunes
The Inspection Chamber | BBC/Amazon Alexa
A Culture of Encounter (BBC Radio 4) | iPlayer
"Do ghosts exist? If not, why do we see them?" Haunted is a four-week-old podcast that has the personality and self-assurance of a show that's been running for years. Presented by Danny Robins, it takes an in-depth look at ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night. Unlike most of us, it doesn't take one of the two opposite stances - essentially "bah, humbug" or "pass me the Ouija board" - but instead examines each real-life tale on its non-life merits, wondering why the people in it are seeing something that, according to all logic, simply isn't there.
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