Ghost in the Museum

"Ghost in the Museum" author Isaac Hart discusses the deep origins of the spooky season. From ancient pagan traditions to modern panics over trick or treating, Halloween has always been the time of year that we welcome the weird and the uncanny into our lives rather than pushing it away, with often strange and surprising results.Recorded Live at The Atkinson, Southport on Friday 31st October 2025.+++LinksWebsite: https://shows.acast.com/ghost-in-the-museumYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostmuseum_podcastContact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.comMusicBy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghostpocalypse - 1 DepartureGhostpocalypse - 5 ApotheosisLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Southport, Lecture, Halloween, The Atkinson, SamhainThe Ghost in the Museum Podcast © Isaac Hart 2025

Part Two of Two. A forgotten box of spores found in a museum basement hatches into a litter of tiny, fragile beings. A team of biologists race to study them even as their brief, bright lives rapidly unravel.+++LinksWebsite: https://shows.acast.com/ghost-in-the-museumYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostmuseum_podcastContact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.comMusicAll music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Science Fiction, Natural History Museum, Elves, Elf, SporesThe Ghost in the Museum Podcast © Isaac Hart 2025

Part One of Two. A forgotten box of spores found in a museum basement hatches into a litter of tiny, fragile beings. A team of biologists race to study them even as their brief, bright lives rapidly unravel.+++LinksWebsite: https://shows.acast.com/ghost-in-the-museumYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostmuseum_podcastContact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.comMusicAll music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Science Fiction, Natural History Museum, Elves, Elf, SporesThe Ghost in the Museum Podcast © Isaac Hart 2025

The discovery of a lost play may reveal the identity of an anonymous Elizabethan playwright, but its disturbing content hints that there may have been good reason it was hidden away.+++LinksWebsite: https://shows.acast.com/ghost-in-the-museumYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostmuseum_podcastContact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.comMusicBy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghostpocalypse - 1 DepartureGhostpocalypse - 5 ApotheosisLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, York Minster, William Shakespeare, Siege of Munster, Anabaptist, Jan van LeidenThe Ghost in the Museum Podcast © Isaac Hart 2025

"Ghost in the Museum" author Isaac Hart discusses the history of ghosts and hauntings, from the Bronze Age to the present day, exploring the origins of ghosts in human culture, the fears and folklore behind centuries of ghost sightings, and how belief in the restless undead continues even into the digital age.Recorded Live at The Atkinson, Southport on Thursday 6th March 2025.+++LinksWebsite: https://shows.acast.com/ghost-in-the-museumYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostmuseum_podcastContact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.comMusicBy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghostpocalypse - 1 DepartureGhostpocalypse - 5 ApotheosisLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Southport, Lecture, M.R. James, The Atkinson, Byland AbbeyThe Ghost in the Museum Podcast © Isaac Hart 2024

Struggling with the emptiness of his life, an elderly volunteer at an infrequently visited country house awaits a visitation by the manor’s famous spirit, the Yellow Lady.+++LinksWebsite: https://shows.acast.com/ghost-in-the-museumYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostmuseum_podcastContact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.comMusicBy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghostpocalypse - 1 DepartureGhostpocalypse - 5 ApotheosisLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Cheshire, Poole Hall, Yellow LadyThe Ghost in the Museum Podcast © Isaac Hart 2025

Intrigued by a painting of an otter caught in a trap that inspires dread in whoever looks upon it, a blind curator discovers that its disturbing appearance is only the start of its horror...+++LinksWebsite: https://shows.acast.com/ghost-in-the-museumYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostmuseum_podcastContact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.comMusicBy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghostpocalypse - 1 DepartureGhostpocalypse - 5 ApotheosisLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Liverpool, Audubon, Victoria GalleryThe Ghost in the Museum Podcast © Isaac Hart 2024

Called in after workmen laying a railway track dig up a mysterious gravestone, a depressed archaeologist soon discovers that she is working against the clock in more ways than one.+++LinksWebsite: https://shows.acast.com/ghost-in-the-museumYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostmuseum_podcastContact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.comMusicBy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghostpocalypse - 1 DepartureGhostpocalypse - 5 ApotheosisLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Wigan, Train Crash, ArcheologyThe Ghost in the Museum Podcast © Isaac Hart 2024