Jessa Crispin

The best podcasts where girls sit around talking about ghosts

Dark House and American Hauntings both pay careful attention to the wider context of ghost stories, which are often about ethics

Ramon Novarro's spirit is said to be in residence at his former Hollywood hillside home, which was also the site of his murder in 1968. Image: Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images 
issue 16 October 2021
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‘I’ve actually seen ghosts.’ This statement comes less than ten minutes into the first episode of Dark House, a limited-series podcast about ghosts, houses and interior decoration from House Beautiful magazine. And this is the moment, I assume, a certain number of people roll their eyes and switch over to the next podcast in their queue.

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