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Back in November, I recorded a 25-hour-long live podcast-a-thon in aid of children in need.

And in case you weren't able to join all 25 hours of it, we thought that as an early Christmas present,

I could play you some of the best bits from the special guests who dropped in over the course

of 25 hours to keep me company during our podcast athorn. And in the next episode, I'll bring you

all the best bits from the newscast friends and family who dropped by. Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tappletail in the class. Can I have an apology, please? I trust almost nobody. Then daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no salulu. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour.

Blimey. First of all, you're going to hear the spooky conversation we had at midnight, where Danny

Robbins from the uncanny podcast was chatting to me and my podcasting cousin Tristan Redman from the

Global Story. Now, Tristan, in a previous life, was also a paranormal podcaster.

So I got those two brainstorming about why is it ghosts always seem to be from the Victorian era and not any others.

Danny, here's a bit of a thought experiment, and it's about how ghosts reflect the times.

When are we going to get, because we're so used to the cliched of like the Victorian child or the person in old clothes, understandably.

When are we going to start seeing ghosts that have, like, iPhones and tablets? This is a good question. A very good question. And, you know, we see a lot of Victorian ghosts. That's potentially because we live in Victorian houses, and we just assume that, you know, if there are ghosts, so they will be Victorians. I mean, interestingly, what kind of ghosted the Victorian see? Tudor ghosts,

apparently, they were reporting seeing a lot of Tudor ghosts. I was told a story about a hoodie ghost

the other day when we were doing a live show. Someone said they'd seen a ghost in a hoodie

track suit top. I mean, we do get quite a few stories coming in, actually, about quite modern ghosts.

And lots of really poignant ones, just about very ordinary people in very ordinary situations where they just feel like

the person who lived in their house before them won't go away you know wants to linger there

stay on so I think you know obviously the Victorian ghosts are the ones that get the headlines

there's nothing like a creepy Victorian child you know it's a sort of classic ghost story staple. But I do see

quite a spectrum. And I say, when I say spectrum, I actually write back to cavemen ghosts as well.

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