Halloween: why do so many nurses have spooky stories?

Our podcast guest Ciaran O’Keefe talks about his TV work with the paranormal and why he thinks nurses have numerous ghostly interactions

What is it with nurses and ghost stories? Why does every hospital seem to be ‘haunted’ by a past patient or long-dead matron?

This Halloween episode of the Nursing Standard podcast explores why so many nurses have a spooky story to tell.

Our podcast guest Ciaran O’Keeffe is head of the School of Human and Social Sciences and associate professor of education and research at Buckinghamshire New University.

Supernatural and haunting experiences

Fans of the supernatural may be familiar with the work of Dr O’Keeffe, who studies haunting experiences and was a long-time regular on Living TV’s Most Haunted show.

He talks to Stephanie Jones-Berry, RCNi head of features, about his work with the paranormal and why he thinks nurses have so many ghostly interactions.

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