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May 2024
52m 15s

A Shot in the Dark: The Hammersmith Ghos...

BEN CUTMORE
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In the last twenty-five years, ghost hunting has entered something of a golden age, with all sorts of technology playing its part and filling up an investigators kit bag. Cameras, EMF metres, InfraRed thermometers and spirit boxes all help to carve a science out of a difficult premise, with differing levels of credibility. In the early 1800s, things were a l ... Show More
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