Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHolidayThe eerily beloved British comedy Ghosts was first adapted into an American supernatural sit com. It has now appairated into 3 more adaptations in Germany, France and Australia. In each version, half of a modern, living couple inherit a historic mansion. After moving in, the woman has a brush with death, which allows her to see dead people. The spirits, thrilled that a living person can interact with them, quickly incorporate her into the various rivalries, romances and hijinks which have been simmering over centuries of co-haunting. High-spirited hilarity ensues. The element which makes this show particularly special for history lovers is that each ghost met their demise in a different era. And people from the past are brought to life, or rather after-life in a unique and humanizing way. Some of the characters are archetypes of classic ghost stories, like the gray lady and headless specter. But all typify important cultural touchstones from the history of each country they are set in. Where the phantoms converge and differ across versions says a lot about how each country views its own history. Let’s take a look at the spectral ensemble from each series, and compare them to each other, and to real history.Ghosts UK Button House is West Horsley Place in SurreyRobinThe Basement Ghosts Sir Humphrey BoneMary Guppy Katherine ‘Kitty’ HighamThomas Thorne Lady Stephanie ‘Fanny’ ButtonThe Captain Patrick ‘Pat’ ButcherJulian Fawcett MP Ghosts USThorfinn ThorSasappis Captain Isaac Higgintoot Henrietta “Hetty” Woodstone Alberta HaynesSusan “Flower” Montero Peter “Pete” Martino’Trevor LefkowitzGhosts Germany Ghosts DEDonnerhall House is Bergerhausen Castle in CologneUrs Claudius Griet Friedrich Dorn Adelheid Svenni Joachim Ghosts France Ghosts FRChâteau de Mérudeaux is Château de Vaugien outside of ParisTayacAlbos Berthe Comtesse Marie-Catherine de Mérudeaux Augustine Montfleury Georges PeyracheFrançois LavalDaniel ‘Dani’ Quignon Roland GivorantGhosts Australia Ghosts AUGideon Joon Eileen MirandaLindy Satan Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History!Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholidayFollow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatimePlease consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes!Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug MaxwellMusic: Dreams of the Ancestors by Asher Fulero#HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHolidayPlease contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on this podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices