EPISODE · Dec 29, 2025 · 39 MIN

13: Ghosts!

from Odd Anthropology · host Ivy Boyd and Taisha Koster

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! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oddanthropology/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oddanthropology Substack: https://oddanthropology.substack.com Email: [email protected] 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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