Kendall posits that Blair's paranoia was likely a real reaction to a genuine threat rather than purely a mental health episode.

“I don't know, maybe the paranoia was for good reason.”

The host posits that children are at significant risk of harm not only from strangers but also from people within their own social circles.

“what I hope we can take away from this beyond finding closure for Janice is that we need to protect our kids from strangers, but also from the people they know.”

Simon Whistler argues that Mary Jane Hester concocted the story of the ghost to pressure authorities into reopening a closed murder case.

“Maybe it was just a massive coincidence, but I suspect that Mary Jane took the bones of the Fisher ghost story and fleshed out her own version in a bid to generate public attention and convince the local prosecutor to take another look into her daughter's mysterious death.”