13: Ghosts!
Dec 29, 2025•40 min•Ep. 13
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Episode description
What is a ghost? How long have we believed in them? Have they changed over time? This month, host Ivy decides to wrap up 2025 with an episode on ghosts by sharing some history and notable examples through time.
We owe a HUGE thank you to everyone who has tuned in this year, and we cannot wait to be back again in 2026 with more stories of odd anthropology!
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Suggested reading/videos:
We owe a HUGE thank you to everyone who has tuned in this year, and we cannot wait to be back again in 2026 with more stories of odd anthropology!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oddanthropology/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oddanthropology
Substack: https://oddanthropology.substack.com
Email: oddanthropology@gmail.com
Music by Joel Fazhari from Pixabay
Suggested reading/videos:
- Dr. Irving Finkel, “The First Ghosts”, Hodder, 2021
- Dr. Justin Sledge, “The Evolution of Ghosts”, Esoterica (YouTube), 2025
- JoAnn Scurlock, “Mortal and Immortal Souls, Ghosts and the (Restless) Dead in Ancient Mesopotamia”, Religion Compass, 2016
- Project Gutenberg - Pliny the Younger Letters to Licinius Sura (LXXXIII)
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