I believe there is purpose to this life and that something awaits us after death. My personal religious dogma gives me some insight into what that may be, but even then the details are fuzzy. There have been a few times in my life where I believe I may have felt a deceased loved one near, but I’ve never seen a ghost, personally. I’ve known a few people who say they have, though. I’m a skeptic when it comes to the traditional portrayals of spooky spirits unable to move on to whatever comes next or anxious to keep the living out of the space they occupied while in their mortal forms. But do ghosts exist in some form in some places? I don’t know... maybe. 

My friend Davin Abegg and I used to spook ourselves out all the time as kids. We took a lot of late-night walks around dark streets and fantasized about what might be lurking in the shadows. We watched scary movies and let our imaginations run wild. He said he does believe in ghosts and suggested this topic to kick off October, so I had to bring him in to talk about it. 

Thankfully we found the perfect guests. Brandon Schexnayder and Alicia King run the podcast Ghost Tour wherein they interview historians from around the country who give tours of places purported to be haunted. Alicia is a historian herself who provides a ghost tour in Franklin, Tenn., and both are committed to telling factually accurate stories that respect the living who come on the tour and the deceased who may still be near. Check out their podcast and Brandon’s other show, Southern Gothic, at @southerngothicmedia on Instagram for some of the best storytelling you’ll hear!

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