Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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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.

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Learn more about Caitlin Doughty, Kristen J. Sollée, and Amy Giacalone: chicagohumanities.org/media/podcast-halloween

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