Spirits on the Air: Ghosts, Sound and the Radio

Richard J. Hand

Spirits on the Air: Ghosts, Sound and the Radio

Richard J. Hand

Film, Television and Media

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Abstract

The invisibility of sound and its ability to play with our imaginations can make it seem profoundly uncanny. Radio has exploited the eerie potential of sound to the fullest and throughout its history the uncanny has been a recurrently popular generic choice. There have been numerous types of ghosts in radio plays, ranging from vengeful revenants, playfully comic phantoms to spectres ultimately revealed as flesh and blood villains. At their best, ghost narratives on radio can fully immerse listeners into terrifying stories, locations and experiences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook to the Ghost Story
Editors	Scott Brewster, Luke Thurston
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	38
ISBN (Print)	9781138184763
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2017

Keywords

ghost
uncanny
radio
audio
drama

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