A fantastic 2014 TED conference audio clip where Neil Gaiman speaks of how ghost stories greatly benefit our lives.
Click here to be directed to the GalleyCat website to listen to the Neil Gaiman clip.
It is my personal belief that stories of the weird and ghastly have been around since the beginning of time and will continue long since we pass. It is the true soul of a ghost story that keeps our hearts beating on the edge.