Category: Everything Haunted
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Don’t Look Now (1973)
Continuing our journey through the films that influence my dissertation, we step once more into the shadows and meet a story that asks us to look again at what haunts us — a quiet irony in a film that warns us not to look at all. If The Uninvited opens the door, Don’t Look Now…
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The Uninvited (1944)
This week I’m beginning to share some of the films that shape my dissertation, just a glimpse of what I’m exploring. The Uninvited is the film that opens our ghostly door. There’s something wonderfully unique about this film. Released in 1944 and directed by Lewis Allen, it stands as one of the first Hollywood ghost…
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Why Ghosts? An Origin Story.
I get asked sometimes why I’m so drawn to ghosts. Why do I write about them and talk about them with what is arguably an unreasonable level of enthusiasm? And honestly, it’s because ghosts have always been part of my life in the most ordinary, everyday way. I have grown up in a family where…
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Haunting as Healing.
When I talk about haunting as healing, I don’t mean that ghosts can’t be frightening. They can be, and they often are. But beyond the shiver and the shock, I’m interested in what else ghost stories can offer us. What happens when we look at them not just as tales of fear, but as ways…
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Welcome.
Hello and welcome. I’m so glad you have found your way here. I’m Laura Jayne, and Everything Haunted is a space for me to gather, explore, and share stories about the things that have always fascinated me: ghosts, hauntings, and the lingering echoes they leave in the world around us. I’m currently working on my…
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