Alice Vernon
@alicevernon10.bsky.social
Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. NIGHT TERRORS (Icon 2022). GHOSTED (Bloomsbury Sigma 2025). Writes about ghosts, the paranormal and spooky sleep. Represented by Donald Winchester at Watson, Little.
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Alice Vernon
@alicevernon10.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Happy publication day to Ghosted! This book was so much fun to research and write, and I can't wait to go on a ghost hunt again.
Thank you to everyone who's ordered a copy! I hope you enjoy reading it...with all the lights on, obviously. 👻
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Thank you to everyone who's ordered a copy! I hope you enjoy reading it...with all the lights on, obviously. 👻
(Note: video plays crackling static sound)
Last year, a mishap with my reading of the Christmas cake recipe meant I accidentally made two cakes, and I predicted I would now be expected to make two cakes every year.
I was correct! 😂 They've turned out so well this year that I wonder if I'll be asked to make a third one...
I was correct! 😂 They've turned out so well this year that I wonder if I'll be asked to make a third one...
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Last year, a mishap with my reading of the Christmas cake recipe meant I accidentally made two cakes, and I predicted I would now be expected to make two cakes every year.
I was correct! 😂 They've turned out so well this year that I wonder if I'll be asked to make a third one...
I was correct! 😂 They've turned out so well this year that I wonder if I'll be asked to make a third one...
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For #PhantomFriday - a sad-looking ghost from Time Life’s book of Hauntings, from the 80s. What’s he got to be sad about, in the 80s?! Maybe he’s just watched Threads.
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
For #PhantomFriday - a sad-looking ghost from Time Life’s book of Hauntings, from the 80s. What’s he got to be sad about, in the 80s?! Maybe he’s just watched Threads.
I'm really excited to be doing a Seed Talks lecture on 'A History of Ghost-Hunting and Why We Keep Looking' on Wednesday January 21st 2026, 7pm. It's a hybrid event, so it's online as well as taking place in-person at Arches London Bridge. 👻
Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-...
Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-...
A History of Ghost Hunting and Why We Keep Looking
A social, historical, and scientific look at ghost-hunting – and why our fascination with it endures. Followed by Q&A.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm really excited to be doing a Seed Talks lecture on 'A History of Ghost-Hunting and Why We Keep Looking' on Wednesday January 21st 2026, 7pm. It's a hybrid event, so it's online as well as taking place in-person at Arches London Bridge. 👻
Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-...
Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-...
I had a brilliant chat to Conner on the Against Everyone with Conner Habib podcast about spiritualism, our need to believe in ghosts, and the ever-evolving equipment in the ghost-hunter's toolkit.
Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/IR9r4yCBcE80...
Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/IR9r4yCBcE80...
AGAINST EVERYONE WITH CONNER HABIB 307: ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GHOST HUNTING with ALICE VERNON / THE SPIRIT-ERA & ITS AFTERMATHS, PART 1
This is first episode in a series called The Spirit-Era and Its Aftermaths. Across the next few installments of AEWCH, I’ll be investigating the way the spiritual, technological, and occult flourishin
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November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I had a brilliant chat to Conner on the Against Everyone with Conner Habib podcast about spiritualism, our need to believe in ghosts, and the ever-evolving equipment in the ghost-hunter's toolkit.
Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/IR9r4yCBcE80...
Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/IR9r4yCBcE80...
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Would you ask a judge to declare a house haunted? What about suing a fortune-teller for mispredicting your future? Should the law even allow these claims?
If you write about law, believer or sceptic, you can contribute to our book on Supernatural Law: Regulating the Paranormal.
tinyurl.com/46jwmcnh
If you write about law, believer or sceptic, you can contribute to our book on Supernatural Law: Regulating the Paranormal.
tinyurl.com/46jwmcnh
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Would you ask a judge to declare a house haunted? What about suing a fortune-teller for mispredicting your future? Should the law even allow these claims?
If you write about law, believer or sceptic, you can contribute to our book on Supernatural Law: Regulating the Paranormal.
tinyurl.com/46jwmcnh
If you write about law, believer or sceptic, you can contribute to our book on Supernatural Law: Regulating the Paranormal.
tinyurl.com/46jwmcnh
I had a very fun chat with Carol Hughes on The Grave Talks podcast about fraudulent mediums, ectoplasm and, of course, Bev the Haunted Doll. 👻
Listen to part one here: audioboom.com/posts/880388...
Listen to part one here: audioboom.com/posts/880388...
Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting and Why We Keep Looking, Part One | Guest Alice Vernon
In her new book, Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting and Why We Keep Looking, Alice Vernon sets out to chase the one thing she isn’t even sure exists—and discovers that the search for ghosts says more...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I had a very fun chat with Carol Hughes on The Grave Talks podcast about fraudulent mediums, ectoplasm and, of course, Bev the Haunted Doll. 👻
Listen to part one here: audioboom.com/posts/880388...
Listen to part one here: audioboom.com/posts/880388...
For Remembrance Sunday, I'm thinking about Raymond Lodge, as I now do ever since I learnt about him a few years ago. Raymond was the son of British physicist Sir Oliver Lodge. He died fighting in Ypres in 1915, aged 26. A few weeks later, though, he appeared to get in touch with the Lodge family...
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
For Remembrance Sunday, I'm thinking about Raymond Lodge, as I now do ever since I learnt about him a few years ago. Raymond was the son of British physicist Sir Oliver Lodge. He died fighting in Ypres in 1915, aged 26. A few weeks later, though, he appeared to get in touch with the Lodge family...
I'm doing a reading from Night Terrors on Wednesday 10th December 7pm, hosted by DASH. It's a free online event created by artist Joanna Holland, also featuring a conversation about her project 'The Haunted' and a dance performance by Lucy Clark.
Tickets and info:
www.dasharts.org/blog/that-th...
Tickets and info:
www.dasharts.org/blog/that-th...
Dash
www.dasharts.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm doing a reading from Night Terrors on Wednesday 10th December 7pm, hosted by DASH. It's a free online event created by artist Joanna Holland, also featuring a conversation about her project 'The Haunted' and a dance performance by Lucy Clark.
Tickets and info:
www.dasharts.org/blog/that-th...
Tickets and info:
www.dasharts.org/blog/that-th...
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Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life, writes Alice Vernon. theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
theconversation.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life, writes Alice Vernon. theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
This is cool - a section from my poltergeist chapter is featured on the Pittsburgh Review of Books! It is, in fact, my Dad's favourite chapter of Ghosted.
“Poltergeists have been recorded for millennia, and are characterised by loud noises, movement and levitation of objects by unseen hands, and the throwing of stones and other small items.”
An excerpt from GHOSTED by Alice Vernon, out from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social.
pghrev.com/the-polterge...
An excerpt from GHOSTED by Alice Vernon, out from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social.
pghrev.com/the-polterge...
The Poltergeist Next Door - Pittsburgh Review of Books
In November 1960, in a rural Scottish village called Sauchie, 11-year-old Virginia Campbell began to hear a strange noise whenever she went to bed. It had
pghrev.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is cool - a section from my poltergeist chapter is featured on the Pittsburgh Review of Books! It is, in fact, my Dad's favourite chapter of Ghosted.
Happy Halloween! My interview with @historyextra.bsky.social is quoted in this article about the infamous Harry Price and his Borley Rectory investigation. Mollie Goldney, his secretary and fellow ghost-hunter, deserves just as much research and discussion!
www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
When a Victorian ghost hunter investigated Britain’s most haunted house, this is what he found
Showman and psychic researcher Harry Price turned Borley Rectory into a national sensation, and its infamy as a haunted house hasn’t gone away
www.historyextra.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Happy Halloween! My interview with @historyextra.bsky.social is quoted in this article about the infamous Harry Price and his Borley Rectory investigation. Mollie Goldney, his secretary and fellow ghost-hunter, deserves just as much research and discussion!
www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
Reposted by Alice Vernon
After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home: theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
theconversation.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home: theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
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Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alice Vernon explores how post first world war grief sparked a surge in séances — and how dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home.
🖱 tinyurl.com/4puc894m
@alicevernon10.bsky.social
#history #WW1 #spiritualism #seance
🖱 tinyurl.com/4puc894m
@alicevernon10.bsky.social
#history #WW1 #spiritualism #seance
After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
tinyurl.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alice Vernon explores how post first world war grief sparked a surge in séances — and how dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home.
🖱 tinyurl.com/4puc894m
@alicevernon10.bsky.social
#history #WW1 #spiritualism #seance
🖱 tinyurl.com/4puc894m
@alicevernon10.bsky.social
#history #WW1 #spiritualism #seance
I had fun chatting with David Cooper on @lastshow.bsky.social about the thrill (and sometimes dubious morals) of ghost-hunting. You can catch up on the podcast with the link below:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
Alice Vernon: Hunt For Hauntings - October 28, 2025
Podcast Episode · The Last Show with David Cooper · 2025-10-29 · 11m
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I had fun chatting with David Cooper on @lastshow.bsky.social about the thrill (and sometimes dubious morals) of ghost-hunting. You can catch up on the podcast with the link below:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
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What I’ve learned through my research and experiences is that ghost-hunting is about us, the living, more than the ghosts we try to find ✍️Alice Vernon, Aberystwyth University wp.me/p8Mk4U-17wQ
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What I’ve learned through my research and experiences is that ghost-hunting is about us, the living, more than the ghosts we try to find ✍️Alice Vernon, Aberystwyth University wp.me/p8Mk4U-17wQ
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Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
tcnv.link
October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
I've written another article for The Conversation, this time about the popularity of séances to contact dead soldiers during and after WWI. It produced a fascinating but sad series of Spiritualist books allegedly written from men who'd died on the Front.
theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
theconversation.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I've written another article for The Conversation, this time about the popularity of séances to contact dead soldiers during and after WWI. It produced a fascinating but sad series of Spiritualist books allegedly written from men who'd died on the Front.
theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
This Friday, 7pm Halloween night, Bev the Haunted Doll and I will be at Waterstones Aberystwyth to talk about Ghosted. Will anyone be brave enough to shake her little haunted hand? 👻
Tickets and info: www.waterstones.com/events/alice...
Tickets and info: www.waterstones.com/events/alice...
Alice Vernon launches Ghosted | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Alice Vernon launches Ghosted today.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This Friday, 7pm Halloween night, Bev the Haunted Doll and I will be at Waterstones Aberystwyth to talk about Ghosted. Will anyone be brave enough to shake her little haunted hand? 👻
Tickets and info: www.waterstones.com/events/alice...
Tickets and info: www.waterstones.com/events/alice...
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I'm on today's episode of the @historyextra.bsky.social podcast. I had a great time chatting to Jon Bauckham about ectoplasm, ghost-hunting gossip, and why we always want bigger and better when it comes to evidence for and against ghosts.
Listen here: podcastaddict.com/history-extr...
Listen here: podcastaddict.com/history-extr...
History Extra podcast - Ghosts, grief and the paranormal
Listen to History Extra podcast - Ghosts, grief and the paranormal by Immediate Media on Podcast Addict. Why are we so spooked – and yet so fascinated – by things that go bump in the night? And can sc...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I'm on today's episode of the @historyextra.bsky.social podcast. I had a great time chatting to Jon Bauckham about ectoplasm, ghost-hunting gossip, and why we always want bigger and better when it comes to evidence for and against ghosts.
Listen here: podcastaddict.com/history-extr...
Listen here: podcastaddict.com/history-extr...
I'm on today's episode of the @historyextra.bsky.social podcast. I had a great time chatting to Jon Bauckham about ectoplasm, ghost-hunting gossip, and why we always want bigger and better when it comes to evidence for and against ghosts.
Listen here: podcastaddict.com/history-extr...
Listen here: podcastaddict.com/history-extr...
History Extra podcast - Ghosts, grief and the paranormal
Listen to History Extra podcast - Ghosts, grief and the paranormal by Immediate Media on Podcast Addict. Why are we so spooked – and yet so fascinated – by things that go bump in the night? And can sc...
podcastaddict.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I'm on today's episode of the @historyextra.bsky.social podcast. I had a great time chatting to Jon Bauckham about ectoplasm, ghost-hunting gossip, and why we always want bigger and better when it comes to evidence for and against ghosts.
Listen here: podcastaddict.com/history-extr...
Listen here: podcastaddict.com/history-extr...
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How are you spending #Halloween this year? How about joining me at
@librarywales.bsky.social for spells, blessings & witchy words 🖋️🕷️
Free entry • Book here 👇🏼
tinyurl.com/pxrfcbn2
Or watch online: tinyurl.com/mjk4396x 💻
#Wales #BookLaunch #BookTour #History #HistoricFiction
@librarywales.bsky.social for spells, blessings & witchy words 🖋️🕷️
Free entry • Book here 👇🏼
tinyurl.com/pxrfcbn2
Or watch online: tinyurl.com/mjk4396x 💻
#Wales #BookLaunch #BookTour #History #HistoricFiction
www.ticketsource.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
How are you spending #Halloween this year? How about joining me at
@librarywales.bsky.social for spells, blessings & witchy words 🖋️🕷️
Free entry • Book here 👇🏼
tinyurl.com/pxrfcbn2
Or watch online: tinyurl.com/mjk4396x 💻
#Wales #BookLaunch #BookTour #History #HistoricFiction
@librarywales.bsky.social for spells, blessings & witchy words 🖋️🕷️
Free entry • Book here 👇🏼
tinyurl.com/pxrfcbn2
Or watch online: tinyurl.com/mjk4396x 💻
#Wales #BookLaunch #BookTour #History #HistoricFiction
Move over, phantom nun of Borley Rectory. You're old news, Enfield Poltergeist. There's a new spook in town, and her name's Elodie the Haunted Egg Cup.
October 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Move over, phantom nun of Borley Rectory. You're old news, Enfield Poltergeist. There's a new spook in town, and her name's Elodie the Haunted Egg Cup.
I'm on the front page of The Scotsman today with my article about why we still love to go ghost-hunting. All front pages should always have a designated spooky corner, I think.
📰 Good morning. Here is the front page of The Scotsman for Thursday.
October 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I'm on the front page of The Scotsman today with my article about why we still love to go ghost-hunting. All front pages should always have a designated spooky corner, I think.
Reposted by Alice Vernon
Pourquoi nous continuons à chasser les fantômes – et ce que cela dit de nous
Pourquoi nous continuons à chasser les fantômes – et ce que cela dit de nous
Des séances victoriennes de spiritisme à TikTok, les chasses aux fantômes en disent plus long sur les vivants que sur les morts.
theconversation.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Pourquoi nous continuons à chasser les fantômes – et ce que cela dit de nous
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Two new books about ghost hunting and investigating paranormal occurrences, and both have 20% of their price disembodied through November 1st
Ghosted, by @alicevernon10.bsky.social: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781399...
Chasing the Dark, by Ben Machell: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781538...
#BookSky
Ghosted, by @alicevernon10.bsky.social: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781399...
Chasing the Dark, by Ben Machell: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781538...
#BookSky
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Two new books about ghost hunting and investigating paranormal occurrences, and both have 20% of their price disembodied through November 1st
Ghosted, by @alicevernon10.bsky.social: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781399...
Chasing the Dark, by Ben Machell: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781538...
#BookSky
Ghosted, by @alicevernon10.bsky.social: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781399...
Chasing the Dark, by Ben Machell: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781538...
#BookSky