Fireside Chats: History and Mystery with Joy Johns

This week, we are joined by author, diviner, amateur historian, and all-around lovely human being, Joy Johns. We talk about the influence of geography on mythmaking, folk magic, our mutual love of history, ethics in paratourism, and Joy’s personal history with paranormal activity and divination. She is funny and thoughtful and disarmingly insightful. This talk was just as great as we always knew it would be. Please go and support her in everything that she does. Enjoy! Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week.  This week’s episode includes the following sensitive content:None Check it out! Guest Socials  Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/the_wild_herstorian/ Support Us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/campfiretalesofthestrangeandunsettling Satisfy All of Your Merch Needs: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/campfire-tales-of-the-strange-and-unsettling?ref_id=25702 Join the conversation on social media atwww.campfirepodcastnetwork.com  Discord: https://discord.gg/43CPN3rz Instagram:instagram.com/campfire.tales.podcast GoodPods:https://goodpods.app.link/T0qvGnXnplb Twitter:www.twitter.com/campfiretotsau  Facebook:www.facebook.com/campfire.tales.podcast Visit Our Linktree for Any and All Campfire Info: https://linktr.ee/Campfirepodcast Special Thanks: Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic , on Bandcamp at https://reverentmusic.bandcamp.com/releases or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album..../6QVhQsYQeeBVOtxrele Additional music: "Out of Sight: The Cursed Piano" - Ghost Stories Incorporated Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply  Merch Designs by: Jonathan Dodd! Show him some love at https://linktr.ee/jonathandodd Easton Chandler Hawk! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/eastonhawkart The Crescent H