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This American Life

793: The Problem with Ghosts

This American Life

This American Life

Society & Culture, News, Politics, Arts

4.688.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The ghosts that visit us, the ghosts that never do, and the ghosts that walk among us.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Chantay is not somebody who believed in ghosts.

0:04.0

When her mom died, it's past May.

0:06.2

Do you remember seeing her lying there

0:08.0

and feeling the finality of it?

0:10.0

Like she's gone, she felt real.

0:13.3

But three days later, this thing started happening.

0:16.6

I was just laying on the bed, like scrolling on my phone.

0:22.2

And it felt like somebody was suddenly there,

0:26.3

like it was a surprise, I was like, oh.

0:29.2

Oh, hi, hi.

0:31.3

Here's her mom.

0:32.3

And my mom was like, oh, sorry.

0:36.1

Sorry to scare you, but just make sure you get to the funeral early.

0:42.0

So you get a good parking spot.

0:44.3

And I was like, okay, thanks.

0:47.7

That was it.

0:48.6

No important messages from the other side.

0:50.9

Not even an I love you.

0:52.6

Yeah, that would have been great.

0:54.8

But then she did always really care about good parking spots.

0:58.8

She goes to Las Vegas.

1:00.2

You want to get a spot that's in the shade.

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