"Ghost in the Museum" author Isaac Hart discusses tales of ghosts and hauntings at Lancashire manor houses. Almost every ancient building in the county supposedly has a resident ghost, but the history behind these stories and how they came about is often more intriguing than the ghosts themselves.

Recorded Live at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery on Tuesday 13th January 2026.

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Music

By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

• Ghostpocalypse - 1 Departure
• Ghostpocalypse - 5 Apotheosis

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Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Lecture, Blackburn, Museum, Lancashire, Salmesbury Hall, Rufford Old Hall

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"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.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseum

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Contact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.com

Music

By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

• Ghostpocalypse - 1 Departure
• Ghostpocalypse - 5 Apotheosis

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Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Southport, Lecture, Halloween, The Atkinson, Samhain

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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.

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All music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Science Fiction, Natural History Museum, Elves, Elf, Spores

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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.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseum

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Contact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.com

Music

All music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Science Fiction, Natural History Museum, Elves, Elf, Spores

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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.

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Contact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.com

Music

By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

• Ghostpocalypse - 1 Departure
• Ghostpocalypse - 5 Apotheosis

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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 Leiden

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"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.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GhostintheMuseum

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Contact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.com

Music

By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

• Ghostpocalypse - 1 Departure
• Ghostpocalypse - 5 Apotheosis

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Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Southport, Lecture, M.R. James, The Atkinson, Byland Abbey

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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.

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Contact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.com

Music

By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

• Ghostpocalypse - 1 Departure
• Ghostpocalypse - 5 Apotheosis

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Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Cheshire, Poole Hall, Yellow Lady

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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...

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Contact: ghostinthemuseum@gmail.com

Music

By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

• Ghostpocalypse - 1 Departure
• Ghostpocalypse - 5 Apotheosis

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Tags: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Terror, Terrifying, Chiller, Weird Fiction, Folk Horror, History, Haunting, Liverpool, Audubon, Victoria Gallery

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