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A podcast about ghosts led me to God, it definitely wasn’t their intention
Fiona Stewart loved listening to stories of paranormal activity, and then one day they unexpectedly led her to God.
A few weeks ago I went to church for the very first time in more than 20 years. As I sat trying to hide at the back I wondered how I ended up there. Well, it started with a podcast on ghosts.
I was totally hooked on Uncanny, a podcast where guests share their paranormal stories. As each series of chilling events was unravelled, phenomena were dissected by a sceptic and a believer. Psychologists would explain the events as shared psychosis, behavioural analysists might suggest that an open window was mistaken for the spooky sounds, whilst paranormal experts would debate that the strange encounters were in fact ghosts, citing evidence of past residents or local legends to back up their beliefs.
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