Ep. 57 | Til Death Didn't Us Part: Ghost Marriage

Ep. 57 | Til Death Didn't Us Part: Ghost Marriage

Author: Elizabeth Grimes August 11, 2026 Duration: 46:51
This week, Elizabeth and Erica are joined by their third sister, Regina, for a deep dive into one of our strangest topics yet: people who marry ghosts and the dead. We start with the wild story of a woman who says she fell in love with, and eventually married, a Victorian soldier’s ghost. There were candlelight dates, a paranormal wedding, celebrity spirits on the guest list…and eventually, even a ghostly divorce. But marrying the dead isn’t always a paranormal love story. We also explore real traditions and legal practices surrounding posthumous marriage, including ghost marriages in China and the rare circumstances in which a person can legally marry a deceased partner in France. And because there are three sisters at the table this time, Regina joins the conversation with a psychological perspective on relationships with unseen partners—how grief, attachment, loneliness, identity, belief systems, and our own minds can shape experiences that feel completely real. Is it love after death? A cultural tradition? A coping mechanism? Something paranormal? Or maybe a little more complicated than any of those? Pour a glass and join all three sisters for ghosts, psychology, marriage, cultural traditions, questionable relationship choices, and the important question nobody asked us to answer: Can you marry a ghost? Follow us on instagram! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Spirits.Uncorked⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube @Spirits.Uncorked⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spiritsuncorkedpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Produced by, and theme music by Elizabeth Grimes Logo by Brett Rapp ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Settle in with a glass of your favorite vintage and get ready for a conversation that wanders into the shadows. On Spirits Uncorked, sisters Elizabeth and Erica Grimes blend history and true crime with the paranormal, creating a uniquely atmospheric listen. Each episode begins with the pop of a cork, leading into deep dives into chilling tales, from the tragic, submerged history of Georgia's Lake Lanier to accounts of haunted institutions and personal encounters with the unexplained. This isn't just a retelling of ghost stories; it's an exploration of the real events and locations that fuel these legends, examining the thin line between documented history and enduring mystery. The podcast thrives on conversation, whether it's just the two hosts parsing a strange case or bringing in guests like horror authors, historians, or everyday people who've experienced something they can't explain. The tone is conversational and often personal, feeling like you’re pulled up at a kitchen table late at night, listening to a fascinating, sometimes spine-tingling discussion. You’ll find the stories are grounded in specific places and historical context, giving weight to the eerie phenomena reported there. For anyone curious about the darker corners of the past and the lingering whispers that might just be true crime’s echo, Spirits Uncorked offers a compelling, and wonderfully uncorked, journey.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

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Podcast Episodes
Listener Pour #6: I Wasn't Walking Alone [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:13
Listener Samantha, a wedding photographer, was scouting a cemetery near Lake Lanier with her assistant walking and talking right behind her until she turns around and realizes...she’s completely alone. With relocated gra…
Ep. 58 | Remember Dolly & the Haunting Legacy of Classic Country Music [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:49
In the wake of Dolly Parton’s passing, we’re raising a glass to one of country music’s greatest storytellers and exploring the haunting spirit of classic country. From the ghosts of the Ryman Auditorium and Loretta Lynn’…
Listener Pour #5: Lumberjacks from Long Ago [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:54
Rachel sent in this story from her childhood about a mysterious knocking sound from when her family lived in Northern Michigan...could it be an echo from many years past? Join us on this listener pour! And our third sist…
Listener Pour #4: Message from a Loved One [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:20
This listener pour is from Bailey, about grief, perseverance, and a message from beyond just when she needed it most. Have a paranormal experience you'd like us to feature on a future Listener Pour? Send your story to: ⁠…
Ep. 56 | The Missing Scientists: Conspiracy or Coincidence? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:50
Scientists, engineers, government contractors, and others...either dead or missing. They worked in fields like antigravity, fusion, advanced propulsion, aerospace, and materials science. Others had connections to some of…
Listener Pour #3: Black Triangle UFO Sighting [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:12
This listener pour is from Jeffrey and took place on a camping trip when he was just twelve, in the 1980's. They witnessed a hovering, black triangle that they took for a weather balloon, when suddenly, everything change…
Ep. 55 | 'Redneck Noir' Author, Frank Reddy (and a book giveaway!) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:16
Ghost stories, Southern secrets, and a little redneck noir. In this episode of Spirits Uncorked, Elizabeth and Erica sit down with author Frank Reddy to talk about his newest novel, Ghost in the Grove, and the eerie appe…