"What's with all the ghosts at Christmas?" with Susan Owens

<div>We know Christmas today as a time of Santa in a red suit flying around delivering presents. We know it as a festive holiday filled with plenty of food and gift-giving and light. However, throughout history, this time of year was a pretty dark time filled with mischievous spirits and ghost stories. <br> <br> On this throwback episode that originally aired in 2019 I speak with art historian Susan Owens, author of <em>The Ghost: a cultural history</em>, about how ghosts were seen throughout the centuries and how they became the specters we know today. <br> <br> Social links:<br> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/headonfirepod/">https://www.instagram.com/headonfirepod/</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/headonfirepod">https://twitter.com/headonfirepod</a><br> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@headonfirepod">https://www.tiktok.com/@headonfirepod</a><br> <br> Support my work on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/headonfirepod">https://www.patreon.com/headonfirepod</a><br> <br> Subscribe to the Head On Fire podcast<br> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/head-on-fire/id337689333">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/head-on-fire/id337689333</a><br> Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4qTYYhCLMdFc4PhQmSL1Yh?si=5387b774ed6e4524">https://open.spotify.com/show/4qTYYhCLMdFc4PhQmSL1Yh?si=5387b774ed6e4524</a><br> YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/c/HeadOnFirePod">https://youtube.com/c/HeadOnFirePod</a> </div>