old school, instead of dismissing it gently, he went pale. He quickly hung up and insisted it was a scam—AI voice cloning, public obituaries, social media. Anyone could fake it, he said. But when I grabbed my keys, he panicked and tried to stop me.

“If she’s d3ad,” I demanded, “why are you afraid of a ghost?”

He warned me I wouldn’t like what I found.continue reading …