# The haunting truth of ghost stories

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxDePaulUniversity
- Speaker: Coya Paz Brownrigg
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/coya_paz_brownrigg_the_haunting_truth_of_ghost_stories)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Ghost stories reveal much more than the ghouls and spirits that haunt them. Settle in for a spooky delight as theater educator Coya Paz Brownrigg lays out three types of bone-chilling tales and exhumes the grave truths they hold about longing, meaning and the cultural value of eerie encounters.

## Lectures

1. [The haunting truth of ghost stories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/coya_paz_brownrigg_the_haunting_truth_of_ghost_stories/5ed58fe3fdc4), 12 min (TED's player)