Ghost Story - Introducing: Ghost Story

Starting point is 00:00:00 Have you ever seriously pissed off your in-laws? A few years ago, I started investigating my wife's family history. Specifically, whether my wife's great-grandfather actually committed a perfect crime. And my in-laws, well, they're not exactly thrilled about it. If you come out with a piece that says he was a murderer, then I will be sorry that we ever said we would contribute. So why am I doing this? Well, the woman who was murdered, she was my wife's great-grandmother.

Starting point is 00:00:36 And I think she might be haunting the house I grew up in. I woke up because my bed was shaking. Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake. Things also happened to me in that house. Things I couldn't explain. But I didn't take any of it seriously until I learned about the others who lived there after me. You now have three completely unconnected families who have had some sort of inexplicable experience on the top floor of that

Starting point is 00:01:05 house. Look, I know how this sounds, but I think this all might be more than just a bizarre coincidence, because the ghost is a faceless woman. And it just so happens that my apparently haunted house is right next door to where my wife's great-grandmother was killed by two gunshots to the face. Her murder was blamed on her brother, but I'm not so sure. Obviously the question was, did Fayette do it? Kill them both? And so, here I am, trying to figure out, did my wife's great-grandfather get away with murder? Is her great-grandmother haunting my teenage bedroom? And while I'm at it, did I end

Starting point is 00:01:54 up marrying into a family because a ghost wants me to solve a case that everyone has got wrong for nearly a hundred years? You are deconstructing an age-old story. We're going to be more traumatized by this podcast than we were about the murder, I'll tell you that. There is going to be blowback. I'm Tristan Redman, and from Wondering and Pineapple Street Studios, this is Ghost Story, a show about the things that come back to haunt us. Winner of Best Documentary Podcast of the 2024 Ambies and Best True Crime British Podcast 2024 nominee, Ghost Story is now the inaugural Apple Podcast Series Essential. Apple editors recognize one monthly series that will hook you from start to finish.

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Ghost Story - Introducing: Ghost Story

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