S15E04: Halloween Special
Echoes of the past, dead objects, and creepy stores – Solange, Kloe and Jenny have a lot on their minds in this year’s spooky special! Jenny also visits a newly opened paranormal museum, Liz reviews an enchanting chapter from a sumptuous tome, and Jenny reads a book of ghost stories set in heritage locations. 00:34 Have you heard of BevArt? 04:59 What are ‘ghost signs’ exactly? 16:17 Solange’s haunted attic dwelling 21:19 We get philosophical about the lives of objects 27:52 Spooky stores 33:01 Jenny visits Rowtons' Museum of the Paranormal and Spirituality 39:59 Jenny reviews ‘Eight Ghosts’ 43:00 Liz reviews ‘Art as a Spell’ 47:01 Patreon teaser – Phedra’s mystery Show Notes: - BevArt: https://www.bev.art/ - BevArt’s buy-back scheme: https://www.bev.art/blog/bev-art-launches-sensor-buy-back-program - Ghost signs according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_sign - Historic England Ghost Sign project: https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/features/ghost-signs/ - Park Hill graffiti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_You_Will_U_Marry_Me - S01E02 Human Remains: https://thecword.show/2017/03/15/s01e02-human-remains/ - The Unbinding: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27485427/ - Lyrics to Puff the Magic Dragon: https://genius.com/Peter-paul-and-mary-puff-the-magic-dragon-lyrics - Rowtons' Museum of the Paranormal and Spirituality: https://rowtonsmuseum.co.uk/ - Witchcraft – The Library of Esoterica: https://www.taschen.com/en/books/esoterica/08019/witchcraft-the-library-of-esoterica/ - Eight Ghosts book project via English Heritage: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/halloween/eight-ghosts/ and https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/eight-ghosts-paperback - Buy the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eight-Ghosts-English-Heritage-Stories/dp/1910463736 Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Solange Masher. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2024.