About this episode
"What is it with great writers and ghosts?" You know Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but did you know that Victor Hugo owned a haunted writing table? He used it to channel the spirits of Plato, Hannibal, Rousseau, Aristophanes, Joan of Arc, Galileo, Lord Byron, Dante, Socrates, Alexander the Great, Shakespeare and even Jesus! What happens when this haunted artefact makes its way into the hands of the Amelia gang? Listen to our Halloween Special to find out... Featuring Alan Burgon, Julia Morizawa, Julia C. Thorne, Stan Morris, Fernando Tiberini and James Oliva. Written and edited by Philip Thorne, with story editing by Oystein Ulsberg Brager, sound design by Alexander Danner, theme tune variation and Franz Liszt / Rosemary Brown pastiche by Fredrik Baden. Production assistance by Maty Parzival, graphic design by Anders Pedersen. Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/ Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-amelia-project?ref_id=6148 Twitter: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices