Murderbird

Kate of Ignorance Was Bliss is a forensic psychologist and crisis clinician who collects stories, in an attempt to figure out how we become who we are. Website: iwbpodcast.com TRANSCRIPT I was on a remote New Hampshire road, when something flew overhead and landed on the hood of my car. Its eyes were huge. It looked at me… looked away… and looked back at me… all without moving its body. My brain went blank. I said, quote, "Oh my gawd… it's… that's… look… um… it's… it's a murderbird," because an owl was blamed for the death of Kathleen Peterson. That's the best I could do under the circumstances. And now you know the origin of the murderbird.