What is spectrophilia? Well, it's a fetish for ghosts (as well as mirrors), so being turned on by anything lurking in the non-physical realm. What are the historic origins of this fetish and phenomenon? And what real life stories can be told of it?

Maddy and Anthony talked with Kate Lister, wonderful host of our sister podcast Betwixt the Sheets.

This podcast was edited by Siobhan Dale and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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Ghost Fetishes: From Ancient World to Victorians