Can Animals and Children See Ghosts?

Can Animals and Children See Ghosts?

From Dark Wales Tours Podcast by darkwales

July 10, 2026 · 31 min · Season 9 · Episode 2

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This episode explores whether animals and children can see ghosts, examining stories, theories, and folklore.

A dog suddenly growls at an empty corner. A cat watches something move across a room that appears to be empty. A child calmly talks about the person standing on the stairs… but nobody else can see them. In this chilling episode of the Dark Wales Tours Podcast, we explore one of the paranormal world’s most unsettling questions: can animals and children see ghosts? From dogs that appear to sense unseen presences and animals linked with warnings of death, to children’s imaginary friends, strange childhood encounters and young people who claim to remember people and places they should never have known, we examine documented stories, scientific theories and centuries of supernatural belief. We also journey into Welsh folklore, exploring the terrifying Cŵn Annwn, the spectral hounds of the Otherworld, and ask whether our ancestors believed something that modern adults have simply learned to ignore. Could extraordinary hearing, smell and instinct explain strange animal behaviour? Are childhood ghost sightings simply vivid imagination? Or are animals and children somehow more sensitive to a hidden world existing alongside our own? Because the next time your dog suddenly stops… raises its…

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