Best Of: The international mystery of 'the Hum'
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
This week, we return to one of our favourite episodes. We go searching for the Hum, a mysterious noise that has plagued the residents of Halifax, West Yorkshire. It’s an uncomfortable, low-frequency sound that has also been heard in towns across the world, from New Mexico to Ontario to Scotland. The FT's Imogen West-Knights tells us that it's mostly heard by middle-aged women. So is it a real noise, an imaginary illness, or both?
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–Imogen West Knights on the mystery of the hum: https://on-ft-com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/3pe43ve
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Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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