A 1930s ghost hunt

History Extra podcast

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🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Kate Summerscale, bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, discusses her new book, The Haunting of Alma Fielding, which delves into a tale of the supernatural in London just before the outbreak of the Second World War. Historyextra.com/podcast Enter the podcast survey here: https://immediateinsiders.com/uc/admin/65da/?a=1&b=6 Survey closes Sunday 4th October 2020 at 11:59pm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.0	You can find the link in our episode description. Hello and welcome to the History Extra Podcast from BBC History magazine,
0:54.6	Britain's best-selling history magazine. I'm Ellicorethon. Today's podcast guest is the writer Kate Somerscale, known for her historical
1:11.6	true crime books including the suspicions of Mr.
1:14.6	Witcher and the wicked boy. Kate has now turned her eye to the world of the
1:18.6	paranormal, for her latest book The Haunting of Alma Fielding. She joined me to discuss the
1:25.0	strange case that inspired her book and why 1930s Britain was enthralled by
1:30.0	the supernatural. Before we start today's episode,
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1:47.0	Now here's Kate Somerscale.
1:49.0	The best thing probably to start us off on this topic is if you could introduce us to the story of
1:55.2	Alma Fielding give us the opening gambit as it were for your new book.
2:00.6	Well it's the story of a housewife in Croydon, working class housewife in 1938, who
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