The Sound of a Ghost

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NASA has spent years turning space data into something we can hear. Most of it is strange. One recording, created from pressure waves around a supermassive black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster, sounds downright haunted.

For this special Halloween episode we follow the trail from NASA’s “Pumpkin Sun” and spooky-season sonifications, to “The Griffin Incident” on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, by asking a very simple question: If we can explain exactly where a creepy sound comes from, why does it still sound so scary?

See NASA’s Pumpkin Sun

Listen to NASA’s “Sinister Sounds of the Solar System” playlist

Credits:
This episode of “The Prime Detective” was produced and hosted by Grayson Thagard.

I’m participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, I’m raising awareness and funds to advance the fight against this disease: http://act.alz.org/goto/TVGuyGrayson

Music for “The Prime Detective” is composed by Ben Wise: https://benwise.bandcamp.com/

Website and publishing support thanks to David Moody, Producer: “Let’s Talk About Treks” The Podcast.

Original logo for “The Prime Detective” by Julie Hendrickson.

Episode cover art by Jason from Why Kaye Productions. On Instagram @VHS_Jase

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