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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · By John Powers (NPR)

    She can communicate with ghosts. Here's what she learns from the 'Sad Dead' | WNYC (opens the original)

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    Even if you don't believe in them, ghost stories are eerie. They take place on the threshold between our daily world and a mysteriously unknown realm. Now, many movies and books cross this threshold merely to scare the bejeezus out of us. But the greatest ghost stories aim to do something more — such as capturing the weight of Mexico's past like Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, or exploring one's own madness, as Stanley Kubrick does in his adaptation of Stephen King's much saner The Shining. You find

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Powers | Posted on October 1, 2026, 10:59 AM Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Email

    She can communicate with ghosts. Here's what she learns from the 'Sad Dead' (opens the original)

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    Even if you don't believe in them, ghost stories are eerie. They take place on the threshold between our daily world and a mysteriously unknown realm. Now, many movies and books cross this threshold merely to scare the bejeezus out of us. But the greatest ghost stories aim to do something more — such as capturing the weight of Mexico's past like Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, or exploring one's own madness, as Stanley Kubrick does in his adaptation of Stephen King's much saner The Shining. You find

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Powers

    She can communicate with ghosts. Here's what she learns from the 'Sad Dead' (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Even if you don't believe in them, ghost stories are eerie. They take place on the threshold between our daily world and a mysteriously unknown realm. Now, many movies and books cross this threshold merely to scare the bejeezus out of us. But the greatest ghost stories aim to do something more — such as capturing the weight of Mexico's past like Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, or exploring one's own madness, as Stanley Kubrick does in his adaptation of Stephen King's much saner The Shining. You find

  4. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Powers

    She can communicate with ghosts. Here's what she learns from the 'Sad Dead' (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Even if you don't believe in them, ghost stories are eerie. They take place on the threshold between our daily world and a mysteriously unknown realm. Now, many movies and books cross this threshold merely to scare the bejeezus out of us. But the greatest ghost stories aim to do something more — such as capturing the weight of Mexico's past like Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, or exploring one's own madness, as Stanley Kubrick does in his adaptation of Stephen King's much saner The Shining. You find

  5. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Powers

    She can communicate with ghosts. Here's what she learns from the 'Sad Dead' (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Even if you don't believe in them, ghost stories are eerie. They take place on the threshold between our daily world and a mysteriously unknown realm. Now, many movies and books cross this threshold merely to scare the bejeezus out of us. But the greatest ghost stories aim to do something more — such as capturing the weight of Mexico's past like Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, or exploring one's own madness, as Stanley Kubrick does in his adaptation of Stephen King's much saner The Shining. You find

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