THE HISTORY OF GHOSTS

From Ancient Roman haunted houses to English Civil War spirits, a terrifying tour of spectres through time

Callum McKelvie

EXPERT BIO SUSAN OWENS Owens is a renowned writer and historian. An expert on 19th and 20th century art and history, she is the author of The Ghost: A Cultural History, now available from Tate Publishing. As the nights grow darker and a chill begins to fill the air, we once again find ourselves in the season of all things spooky. The time when, traditionally, ghost stories would be told to while away the long winter nights. But just what are ghosts? The spirits of the deceased? Echoes of past events, so traumatic that they are destined to repeat themselves? Or mere fiction? You might be surprised to learn that ghost sightings have been recorded far back into ancient history. They are phenomena that exist across a multitude of cultures…

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