Do Ghosts Exist? | Danny Robins & Sam Orams | TEDxSoho

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In this Q&A Sam Orams interviews Danny Robins about his love of ghosts and his investigations into the paranormal. Danny Robins is an award-winning British writer, broadcaster and journalist. He created The Battersea Poltergeist, a podcast series for the BBC that combined drama and documentary to tell a real-life ghost story, starring Toby Jones and Dafne Keen. It became a global phenomenon – the #1 Drama Podcast across the whole world, with more than 4 million downloads and counting – sparking a bidding war for the TV rights. Danny is now adapting it with Hollywood producers Blumhouse. The series won the Gold Award for Best Serialised Podcast at the New York Festivals Radio Awards.

Sam has been involved with TED events for nearly a decade playing an integral role growing TEDxBrighton from grass roots to a celebrated, sell-out, 2000 seater event. In 2019 he was awarded the opportunity of creating TEDxSoho from scratch an opportunity to good to pass up.



By day Sam is an independent film and commerical producer and co-founder of Kindred Communications, specialised in film, photography & content production for brands, agencies and channels. By night he’s a husband, father, pianist, modern jazz drummer, meditator and a fierce film and drama enthusiast. Sam has played in both the World Series of Poker and European Poker open and as a child won a collection of pet care books after entering a competition on Saturday Superstore. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx