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Do Ghosts Exist?

July 30, 2023 by Lesley Truffle
Caspar the friendly ghost. 1945 cartoon.

    Do Ghosts Exist?   I was very much of a fan of the idea that ghosts were real because that suggested there was hope … I think there is a very good reason we haven’t put ghosts on the same pile of redundant superstitions as unicorns and elves … They are the buffer … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: Caspar the Friendly Ghost, Day of the Dead, ghosts, Lady Macbeth, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Macbeth, Shakespeare, superstitions, William Shakespeare

Hotel Ghosts

August 18, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

Hotel Ghosts For the last few days I’ve been doing a road trip around South Tasmania, while staying in a lovely hotel in Hobart’s wharf area. The area is rumoured to be fantastically ghost ridden. About 150 years ago the area around the wharf was known as Wapping. Folk who lived here worked in the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Australia, Historical, Mavericks & Renegades, Social Comment Tagged: Australia, ghosts, historical, Hobart, Hobart Town, Hobart wharf, MACQ Hotel Hobart, Mr Thomas Dewhurst Jennings, Thomas Jennings

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