Halloween Special: Morticians, Witches, and Ghost Stories

We have three tales of intrigue from the dark depths of the Chicago Humanities annals, featuring selections from YouTube's Caitlin Doughty of "Ask a Mortician" about if cats will eat your eyeballs when you die, New School faculty member and author Kristen J. Sollée from her lecture "Witches, Sluts, Feminists," and a section of a short ghost story by Chicago author Amy Giacalone from the compendium "Ghostly," compiled by author Audrey Niffenegger. SHOW NOTES: Read the podcast transcript. CW: Profanity, discussion of taboo topics Photo: Caitlin Doughty, Kristen J. Sollée, and Amy Giacalone   Watch Caitlin Doughty and Mark Bazer's whole program here Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? and Other Questions About Dead Bodies @AskAMortician YouTube channel Watch Kristen J. Sollée's whole program here Photo: Victoria Woodhull "Mrs. Satan" Kristen Sollée, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive    Watch the entire Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Audrey Niffenegger program featuring Amy Giacalone here Audrey Niffenegger, Ghostly Amy Giacalone website   Donate now to support programs like this: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/donate/ Explore upcoming events: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/   Instagram • TikTok • Twitter • Facebook • LinkedIn