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Wax figures of the Beatles in Madame Tussauds Berlin represent the pop stars in their youth — the two surviving members, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, are in their 80s. (Shutterstock)

The ghosts of the past: Pop music is haunted by our anxieties about the future

Artificial intelligence helped produce the Beatles’ 2023 hit “Now and Then.” But despite the sophisticated technology, the song reveals our obsession with the past and our anxieties about the future.
Investigative seances held by Canadian physician Thomas Glendenning Hamilton and his wife, Lillian Hamilton, attracted a visit from British author Arthur Conan Doyle. (University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections)

‘The Undead Archive’ exhibit: Contemporary artists respond to 1920s photos of mediums manifesting spirits

An art exhibit, ‘The Undead Archive: 100 Years of Photographing Ghosts,’ sees contemporary artists contextualize uncanny photographs taken between the World Wars in Winnipeg.
Spirit photograph by William Hope, taken around 1920. (National Media Museum Collection/Flickr)

Spirit photography captured love, loss and longing

Today viewers may be preoccupied by the methods used by spirit photographers, but spirit photographs had a notable impact on the bereaved who commissioned the portraits.
Netflix’s series The Haunting of Hill House was inspired by the book of the same name by Shirley Jackson. Steve Dietl/Netflix

Five haunted house stories to read during lockdown

From ghosts and meddling staff to interesting decorating choices, the houses in these books make for great reading.
Halloween can also be a time of expression of cultural and social anxieties. AP Photo/Richard Vogel

When Halloween became America’s most dangerous holiday

In the early 1970s, rumors about poisoned candy on Halloween led to mass paranoia. A historian explains why such fears emerge – and what, in reality, feeds them.
A Halloween ghost. Werner Reischel/Flickr.com

Why believing in ghosts can make you a better person

Ghost stories are often about the departed seeking justice for an earthly wrong. Their sightings are a reminder that ethics and morality transcend our lives.

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