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It wasn’t a prerequisite that the cast of Ghosts believe in the existence of spirits in order to be cast on the comedy series. Although, if it were, then Danielle Pinnock, who plays Prohibition-era diva Alberta Haynes, would be set. “I absolutely do believe in ghosts, without question,” Pinnock tells The Daily Beast’s Obsessed. “Haven’t seen any yet, but maybe I’ll see some this year.”
One place you are guaranteed to catch an array of ghosts trying to live their best life—okay, death—is Thursday night on CBS, where the U.S. version of the hit BBC series has been a ratings smash). The second season of the show dives deeper into the backstories of the incorporeal beings, who died within the grounds of the Woodstone Manor and are killing time until they are “sucked off” (the term for being transported to the afterlife). For Pinnock, it means exploring the myriad unanswered questions about Alberta’s death, and offering a chance to confront the barriers that were holding the singer back when she was alive.
“I’m obsessed with any kind of murder mystery,” Pinnock says, after I mention that I would listen to a podcast about the mysterious circumstances that led to Alberta’s untimely end. Woodstone owner Sam (Rose McIver) uses her unique position of being able to convene with the dead to pitch this as a true-crime story to her editor at the local newspaper.