Dr Simon Young discusses fairy sightings research and Marjorie T. Johnson

Dr Simon Young, an academic on the supernatural, fairy sightings and related folklore meets with me to discuss: Marjorie T. Johnson, ‘The Fairy Investigation Society’, fairy sightings research, experiences running through family generations, The Fairy Census and the academic study of fairies. Simon is a British folklore historian based in Italy. He has written extensively on the nineteenth-century supernatural. His book The Boggart (from Exeter University Press) and The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends (from Mississippi University Press) are both due out in 2022. More info on the webpage here: https://www.scarlettofthefae.com/epis... Links to Simon's work: https://independent.academia.edu/Simo... A companion volume to accompany The Boggart is available freely here: https://www.academia.edu/77981720/The... An article concerning the life of Marjorie Johnson is available here: https://www.academia.edu/36359348/You...