Abnormal Activity: Alice Vernon and the Screaming Spirit Box
We Can Be Weirdos
Global
4.9 • 793 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Alice Vernon’s new book 'Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting and Why We Keep Looking' is a social and historical journey through the world of paranormal investigation. From Victorian séances to modern haunted hotspots, it explores why we’re irresistibly drawn to ghosts and why the hunt for the unexplained is far from over.
Host: Dan Schreiber
Guests: Alice Vernon
Producer: Cassie Merritt
Head of Podcasts: Al Riddell
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, just think, the warmth of the sun on your skin, the lapping of the pool by the villa, |
| 0:08.0 | the clomp of your ex's stilettos on the decking, as you're promptly pulled for a chat |
| 0:13.8 | that you knew from the moment you walked back in was going to kick off. |
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| 0:32.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:35.8 | Warning! The following podcast contains strong language, bizarre theories, |
| 0:40.3 | unexplainable experiences, and a bed sheet ghost meat cute. |
| 0:44.3 | It may not be suitable for younger weirdos. |
| 0:47.3 | It's to jump out at people because I thought when I wasn't looking, that was when they shed their human disguise. |
| 0:56.0 | And if I could just catch them before they realized that I was there, that I would see them as a lizard person. |
| 1:02.0 | Oh, oh, oh, everyone. Welcome to another episode of We Can Be Weirdos, |
| 1:27.0 | our first episode of the new year. |
| 1:30.1 | I hope you're doing well. |
| 1:31.3 | If you're new to the show, this is the show that seeks out all the weirdnesses from people's |
| 1:36.1 | lives by presenting them with a thing called the Bat Shit List. |
| 1:39.7 | On it are items like ghosts, telepathy, UFO encounters, synchronicity, time travel. Each week I bring |
| 1:47.1 | on a guest and get them to go through this list and tell us about all the weirdest encounters |
| 1:51.8 | they've had over the course of their lifetime. Now, quite a lot of people who come on don't |
| 1:56.3 | think they're weird, think they're pretty rational. But luckily for us, the bat-shit list |
| 2:00.8 | flips that on its head. |
| 2:02.2 | And quite often we find out that everyone has a little bit of bat-shin in them. And it is everyone. |
| 2:07.9 | I'll give you an example. I was reading this book, which has come out, which is fantastic, which is an oral history of the band Wings. |
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