Irish Horror & Disability w/ Grace Daly

Nov 19, 2025 · 47m

Sometimes the most ‘mundane’ horror is the scariest, as we learn from author Grace Daly. She joins us to talk about the intersection of medical horror, comedy, and Irish folklore, as well as provides some great context for the Midwestern desire to be a part of Team Ignorant! Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of ableism, death, disability, medical discrimination, gore, dismemberment, natural disasters, nuclear bombing, colonialism, and religious trauma. Guest Grace Daly is a disabled author with multiple invisible chronic illnesses. She is published in the horror anthologies Rewired and Sand, Salt, Blood, as well as in Allegory E-Zine, the Timber Ghost Press blog, and the Tales to Terrify podcast, among others. Her debut novel, a horror comedy titled “The Scald-Crow ”, is out now with Creature Publishing. Housekeeping - Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books - Call to Action: Get our Old Wives’ Tale Teller Corduroy Hat ! - Submit Your Urban Legends Audio: Call us! 617-420-2344 Sponsors - Bookshop.org , where you can now use the code we shared in the midroll to get 10% off your purch…

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