Thomas Edison’s Ghost Phone: Did He Try to Speak With the Dead?

In 1920, as the world sought comfort in séances and spirits, Thomas Edison hinted at something extraordinary: a device that might capture the voice of a soul. Newspapers claimed he was building a machine to speak with the dead, and rumors spread of strange late night experiments and missing wax cylinders. In this episode, we explore Edison’s most unsettling idea and the lingering question behind it. What if a voice from beyond was already recorded?