“Sometimes I lie awake and hear noises in the house, and despite myself I’m frightened. Then I hear some familiar sound – a clock strikes, or a train whistles somewhere – and my fear abates. But why should those sounds comfort me, and others frighten me? Why couldn’t a ghost make the sound of a train?”

“Sometimes I lie awake and hear noises in the house, and despite myself I’m frightened. Then I hear some familiar sound – a clock strikes, or a train whistles somewhere – and my fear abates. But why should those sounds comfort me, and others frighten me? Why couldn’t a ghost make the sound of a train?”

— Michael Cisco