Encountering Ghosts

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Halloween is scratching at our door once more, whispering that it is tome for our annual look into the intangible world of ghosts*. This year we wanted to hear from people who have encountered ghosts, ask them what happened and that the encounter meant to them.

Al Robertson is a writer and musician. He is the author of Crashing Heaven, as well as many other short stories. His fiction, poetry and music blog is allumination.

Professor Christopher French is a Professor of Psychology and Co-ordinator, Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit. His research areas include the psychology of paranormal belief and ostensibly paranormal experiences

Rev Paul Turp of St Leonard's, Shoreditch

In the discussion following these short talks the audience will be invited to share their ghostly encounters while we all wonder what we really talk about when we talk about ghosts.

*We do ghosts a lot, actually, but we do make sure we always do ghosts at the event nearest to Halloween.