A dead judge supposedly trapped in a beer barrel sent me down a rabbit hole: priests bottling ghosts, Irish folklore, witch bottles, bottle trees and Ghostbusters.
My latest asks what “spirit laying” was, and how much of it actually happened:
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Can You Really Trap a Ghost? Inside the Peculiar History of Spirit Laying
Tales of capturing restless ghosts in barrels, bottles, and more go back to the 17th century, and pop up in surprising ways in the present day.