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We Have Asperger’s To Thank For Ghostbusters

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Dan Aykroyd told the Daily Mail that symptoms of Asberger’s lead to the creation of Ghostbusters.

He said, “One of my symptoms included my obsession with ghosts and law enforcement — I carry around a police badge with me, for example. I became obsessed by Hans Holzer, the greatest ghost hunter ever. That’s when the idea of my film Ghostbusters was born.”