242: Ghosts and Indigenous Spirits (with Owl Goingback)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re joined by author and storyteller, Owl Goingback. He tells us all about things like befriending the Creature from the Black Lagoon, hoping to see Sasquatch, and his personal experiences as the caretaker of the most haunted cemetery in Florida.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Content Warning:</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, torture, hauntings, body horror, animal attacks, lynching, child death, unmarked graves, murder, mass shootings, hurricanes/natural disasters, Covid-19, imprisonment, enslavement, genocide, cannibalism, disturbing burial grounds,</span> colonization<span style= "font-weight: 400;">/settlement, suicide, and cultural appropriation.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Guest</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.owlgoingback.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Owl Goingback</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">has been writing professionally for over thirty years, and is the author of numerous novels, children’s books, screenplays, magazine articles, comics, and short stories. He is a HWA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, a two-time Bram Stoker Award Winner (Novel and First Novel), a Nebula Award Nominee, and a Storytelling World Awards Honor Recipient. His books include</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crota, Darker Than Night, Evil Whispers, Breed, Shaman Moon, Coyote Rage, Eagle Feathers,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Gift</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Housekeeping</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recommendation</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">: This week, Julia recommends</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/822/9781250236210"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">A Psalm for the Wild-Buil</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">t</span></a> <span style="font-wei