The term ‘doppelganger’ is nowadays used by people in their everyday language to refer to two people who look similar, but that is a misuse of the word in some sense. In the correct definition, a doppelganger refers to an apparition or a double-walker of a living person. It is not just someone who looks like someone else, but a reflection of that person. A spectral duplicate.

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices