Richard Klein of Cornell University explains that the way we view love really began with love poems in the 13th century—an illusion. (7 minutes)
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Act One: Ghost Industrial Complex
Reporter Chenjerai Kumanyika visits Savannah, Georgia to learn about the city’s popular ghost tours.
Act Three: Seance Fiction
In the 1920s, at the height of the Spiritualism movement, a friendship blossomed between two men with opposing views on the topic: Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Act Four: Rocket Boy
Paul Zimmer at 83 years old is still haunted by something he saw in his teens.
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