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The Woman Who Had Sex With Ghosts

Why you should know the name Ida Craddock.

Ida Craddock is a name that should be much, much better known. She was a maverick sex educator who fought violent censorship in turn of the century America. She also loudly announced to the world that she was married to a ghost and that their sex life was great, thank you very much.

Dr Kate Lister tells this story taken from her new book Flick: The Story of Female Pleasure.

Edited by Hannah Feodorov. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick.

All music from Epidemic Sounds.

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49 minutes