237 – Lord Dufferin and the Ghost
We’re joined by the Spooky Science Sisters to talk about one of our favorite ghost stories, the psychic/omen/folklore/horror story that has haunted Karen and me since we were kids – the tale of Lord Dufferin and his encounter with the beyond.
Lord Dufferin:
Hans Conried as Wrong-Way Feldman (Gilligan’s Island)
Links:
The Signalman by Dickens – Radio Drama version (Suspense)
Room For One More – Karen’s short story
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by William Thomas Cox
Bennett Cerf publisher of Famous Ghost Stories (1944)
That book inspired a segment in the 1945 portmanteau film Dead of Night. Specifically it was the E. F. Benson story The Bus Conductor. It was also the inspiration for the Twilight Zone episode Twenty Two.
Investigating the Unexplained by Melvin Harris
Do the Dead Live? By Paul Heuze (via Google Books)
Amazing Real Life Coincidences by Douglas Colligan
Guests:
The Spooky Science Sisters (main website)