The REAL Ghostbusters!

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Strap on those Proton packs and prepare to cross the streams because this week we discuss the supernatural-blockbuster hit Ghostbusters and the cross-pollination of real-life and fictional worlds which informed its creation. In the extended show we discuss the history of paranormal investigation, the scientific basis for ghosts and an in depth look at each ghost-hunting tool both traditional and modern.

Join as we discuss:
The History of the Akroyds
Ghostbusters in the Lovecraft universe
John Beluschi and Slimer
A Satire of Thelema?
The Origins of Gozer
Bill Murray and Director Ivan Reitman

On the extended episode (www.Patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit) we discuss:
The Society for Psychical Research
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Electromagnetic Radiation
Recording EVPs
Ionizing and trapping ghosts
Conditions that create hauntings and UFOs
Dowsing Rods
Cold Spots
EMP
Spirit Boxes

Sources:

Ivan Reitman:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Reitman

Ghostbusters:
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/ghostbusters-making-of
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56140/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-ghostbusters

Society for Psychical Research:
http://www.aspr.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Psychic_Studies#History

Dan Akroyd:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd#Early_life

Zool:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfield_poltergeist

Miskatonic University:
https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Miskatonic_University
https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Unaussprechlichen_Kulten

Ghost Hunting:
https://hauntedwalk.com/news/how-to-be-a-vintage-ghost-hunter/

Crystals causing paranormal activity:
https://spookygeology.com/strange-lights-and-levitating-rocks-at-arkansas-crystal-mine/

Spirit Box:
https://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Ghost-Hunting-Equipment-Radio/dp/B00NABGFSM

EVP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon

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