voc2021 ep 29: Ed Okonowicz

Ed Okonowicz is a storyteller and a regional author of more than twenty books on Mid-Atlantic culture, oral history, folklore, and ghost stories. He is retired from the University of Delaware (UD), where he worked as an editor and writer. He resides at the northern edge of the Delmarva Peninsula, in Fair Hill, Maryland, with his wife, Kathleen, a prominent watercolor artist and award-winning graphic designer.

His latest book, Haunted Maryland: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Old Line State, is packed with “Vengeful ghosts, sea monsters, and America's most haunted lighthouse figure prominently in this collection of eerie in tales from the Old Line State. From the rugged Appalachian Mountains, to the metropolitan center of Baltimore, to the Atlantic Coast come a variety of stories and legends, including Dorchester County’s Suicide Bridge, Fort McHenry’s gruesome hanging ghosts, and a sea captain’s widow whose sad wailing can still be heard coming from her final resting place in the family graveyard.” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020)