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After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home

After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home

Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.

29.10.2025 1

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Alice Vernon

Why we keep hunting ghosts – and what it says about us

Why we keep hunting ghosts – and what it says about us

From Victorian séances to TikTok, our hunt for ghosts reveals more about the living than the dead.

20.10.2025 5

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Alice Vernon