{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/51ca2ce5-3216-485c-8a23-8a30515988e9/6822a5e3365a6906d38d9922?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"YVETTE AND KARL TALK: Shaking Hands With Ghosts","description":"<p>How do you keep your cool when the helpful stranger who just gave you directions—or built you a miracle staircase—turns out never to have existed?</p><p><br></p><p>In this extraordinary episode of <em>Paranormal Activity</em>, host <strong>Yvette Fielding</strong> teams up once again with investigator and long-time friend of the show <strong>Karl Beattie</strong> to explore the rarest—and most mind-bending—type of haunting: ghosts so tangible you can chat with them, trade stories­, even feel the warmth of a handshake.</p><p><br></p><p>Yvette and Karl dive into three world-class mysteries:</p><ul><li><strong>The Loreto Chapel Staircase (Santa Fe, New Mexico)</strong> – Who was the silent “Brother Joseph” who appeared from nowhere, built an impossible spiral staircase, dined with the nuns, and vanished without payment?</li><li><strong>The Ghosts of Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)</strong> – Why do tourists keep thanking Civil-War “reenactors” for battlefield tours on days when the Park Service swears no actors were on site?</li><li><strong>The White Lady of Avenel (Dumfries &amp; Galloway, Scotland)</strong> – Meet the elegant hostess who chats about rose gardens, pours tea for guests, and then melts away, leaving only the scent of lavender in her wake.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>With first-hand witness quotes, declassified ranger logs, architectural analyses, and a dash of spirited debate, Yvette and Karl ask whether these encounters are intelligent hauntings, time-slips, or something even stranger—moments when history itself reaches out and touches us.</p><p><br></p><p>Buckle up for an evening where ghosts don’t just say “boo”; they pull up a chair, offer directions, and leave you questioning every “ordinary” passer-by you meet.</p><p><br></p><p>A Create Podcast</p>","author_name":"Create"}